How to use Windows On-Screen Keyboard in C# WinForms

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I am now launching the “Touch Keyboard” as opposed to the “On-Screen Keyboard” (which is the keyboard I wanted on Windows 8 anyway) with:

string progFiles = @"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink";
string keyboardPath = Path.Combine(progFiles, "TabTip.exe");

this.keyboardProc = Process.Start(keyboardPath);

This works on my Win7 and Win8, regardless of my 32-bit app on 64-bit OS. However, I still have the problem of programmatically closing the keyboard when I’m done. The process, this.keyboardProc, does not seem to get the handle, and immediately has property HasExited = true. This means my attempts to close or kill it fail.

According to this thread, if the user manually opens the keyboard (or I programmatically launch it), the keyboard will not automatically close/hide when the text field loses focus: Windows 8 – How to Dismiss Touch Keyboard? I tried the workaround of setting the focus to a hidden button, but since I launched the keyboard myself, it doesn’t close automatically.

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