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Detect a Ctrl+F12 press on keyboard with no focus on application - dll required

Hi,

I know that keyboard hook is very difficult in VB.Net and I already searched hundred of posts related to that without finding the right answer.
So, I need a way to add to a background running application a Ctrl+F12 (or Ctrl+shift+F12) keyboard press without disabling the keyboard or avoiding to use the keyboard normally.
(It's supposed to start an action in the application itself)

The answers I found don't match my problem or they cause other troubles: they crash, they don't work, they disable (all or part of) the keyboard, they're used to avoid such keys press...

I know some people use a dll, any idea where's one available and free to use ?
Or did anyone find the answer in VB.Net programming ?

Thanks

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arif_eqbal

The Link anyway shows your solution Idle_Mind
:-0)

Mike Tomlinson

I know... =)

I wanted to show how to the do hook approach as well. There aren't many examples in the VB.Net TA of the low level keyboard hook being used.

dnsoft

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Hi both,

Thank you for your help (and sorry for my late answer, I had to leave for my job)

Regards