catch key press

[iwdu15]

hi, i was wondering how my form could catch key press events when its like
minimized to the system tray? thanks
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"iwdu15" <iw****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

hi, i was wondering how my form could catch key press events when its like
minimized to the system tray?

You'll need a keyboard hook to capture these keystrokes system-wide:

Article on keyboard hooks:

<URL:http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_2193301_1/>

Documentation on hooks:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwui/html/msdn_hooks32.asp>
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/hooks.asp>

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