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Disabling 'Pause' key in Console Applications

Hi,

I would like to disable the 'Pause/Break' key in a console application.
Normally, pressing the 'Pause' key halts the application's execution
and may lead to undesirable processing gaps in my system.

I tried to 'listen' for input key presses using Console.ReadKey (), but
it turns out that it doesn't recognize the 'Pause' key (among other
keys).

I also tried to use global key hooks using
SetWindowsHookE x(WH_KEYBOARD_L L,...) but to no avail.

Thanks for the help,

Arik

Aug 8 '06 #1
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