Fix Remote Access as follower

[SaschaCowley]

Link to issue number:

Fixes #18938

Summary of the issue:

Attempting to control NVDA via the Remote Access feature fails on recent alphas.

Description of user facing changes:

It works again.

Description of developer facing changes:

Some constants from winUser have been made enum members in winBindings.user32.

Description of development approach:

• Removed the definitions of INPUT, KEYBDINPUT, HARDWAREINPUT, MOUSEINPUT, INPUT_TYPE and KEYEVENTF from _remoteClient.input.
• Changed Remote Access's keyboard code to use structures from winBindings.user32.
• Also moved duplicate constants from winUser and added deprecation code and notes to the user docs.

Testing strategy:

Ran NVDA from source, and connected as follower. Controlled with another computer (running 2025.2rc1).

Known issues with pull request:

None known.

Code Review Checklist:

• Documentation:
  • Change log entry
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Security precautions taken.

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes Remote Access functionality as a follower by migrating keyboard input code from deprecated winUser constants to new enum members in winBindings.user32. The changes consolidate duplicate constant definitions and update all affected code to use the new standardized structures.

Key changes:

• Removed duplicate INPUT-related structures and constants from _remoteClient.input
• Updated all keyboard input code to use winBindings.user32 enums instead of winUser constants
• Added deprecation warnings for moved constants in winUser

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 7 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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File	Description
user_docs/en/changes.md	Documents deprecation of INPUT and KEYEVENTF constants from winUser
source/winUser.py	Adds deprecation symbols and removes duplicate constants
source/winBindings/user32.py	Defines new KEYEVENTF and INPUT_TYPE enums with proper documentation
source/keyboardHandler.py	Updates to use new KEYEVENTF.KEYUP enum
source/easeOfAccess.py	Migrates to winBindings.user32 INPUT_TYPE and KEYEVENTF enums
source/brailleInput.py	Updates keyboard input to use new enum constants
source/_remoteClient/input.py	Removes duplicate structures and uses winBindings.user32 types

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