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Detect WinKey+1 then bring application into foreground

Hi,

I want to be able to make my application come into the foreground when the user presses WinKey+1

Is anyone able to assist me? I can find plenty of ways of detecting key presses within the application, but not when other applications may be in the foreground.

Thanks,

Xavier.

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Jorge Paulino

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Mike Tomlinson

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David L. Hansen

For simplicity sake I'll post this solution. I admit it is not nearly as robust as Idle_Mind's solution, but, if you are just looking for a quick and dirty way of accomplishing the same thing here is some code I used in a demo once. Note: It should not be used in systems that run 24/7 unless you handle the buffer size.

'For keydown event subroutine
keydownBuffer += " " & e.KeyValue.ToString
 
If keydownBuffer.Length >= 7 Then
Dim myTarget As String = keydownBuffer.ToString.Substring(keydownBuffer.Length -7, 7) ' isolate the last key combination entered
If myTarget = " 16 112" Then '" 16 112" is Shift+F1
'do stuff
End If
End If

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Mike Tomlinson

It looks like that would only work when the Form already has focus sl8rz...

I think the author wants his app to pop up when his combo is pressed ANYTIME (when other apps and/or the desktop has focus).

Jorge Paulino

>> but not when other applications may be in the foreground.

That's also my guess!

David L. Hansen

Yes...right you are Idle, my bad.