Question

I am aware of how to use mouse_event to simulate a mouse click for the left or right buttons. What I would like to know is if this function or another in C#/C++ allows you to simulate the mouse4 or mouse5 buttons that gaming mice have?

Answer 1

mouse4 and mouse5 in windows are named xbutton1 and xbutton2

You can use these:

mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_XDOWN, NULL, NULL, XBUTTON1, NULL);
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_XDOWN, NULL, NULL, XBUTTON2, NULL);
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_XUP, NULL, NULL, XBUTTON1, NULL);
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_XUP, NULL, NULL, XBUTTON2, NULL);