(Key press event origin) Is any key phisically pressed?

Kürþat

Hi,

Is it possible to know whether a keyboard message is generated by a phisical
key press or an application. If possible, how?

Thanks in advance.

Jul 21 '06 #1

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chanmm

Use KeyPress, KeyUp, KeyDown or PreviewKeyDown event.

chanmm

"Kürþat" <ku***********@hotmail.comwrote in message
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Hi,

Is it possible to know whether a keyboard message is generated by a
phisical key press or an application. If possible, how?

Thanks in advance.

Jul 21 '06 #2

Kürþat

are this events capable of saying whether a key message resulted by a
phisical key press or a software message?

"chanmm" <ch*****@hotmail.comwrote in message
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Use KeyPress, KeyUp, KeyDown or PreviewKeyDown event.

chanmm

"Kürþat" <ku***********@hotmail.comwrote in message
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>Hi,

Is it possible to know whether a keyboard message is generated by a
phisical key press or an application. If possible, how?

Thanks in advance.

Jul 21 '06 #3

Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)

Hi,

I will doubt it, those events are fired when a message is received by the
message pump, the origin of it is not especified.

IMO there is no way to know for real if a key was pressed or ot
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Florida Department Of Transportation

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are this events capable of saying whether a key message resulted by a
phisical key press or a software message?

"chanmm" <ch*****@hotmail.comwrote in message
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>Use KeyPress, KeyUp, KeyDown or PreviewKeyDown event.

chanmm

"Kürþat" <ku***********@hotmail.comwrote in message
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>>Hi,

Is it possible to know whether a keyboard message is generated by a
phisical key press or an application. If possible, how?

Thanks in advance.

Jul 21 '06 #4

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