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Detect mouse clicks...

How can I make my Delphi application detect any mouse clicks the user makes anywhere on the screen?

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That would require creating a system wide hook.

Use the functions SetWindowsHook(); UnhookWindowsHook()

and set the hook for WH_MOUSE  - but read the docs on these functions first - if used incorrectly, weird stuff could happen.

hth,
J
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Hehe thanks. I will try that in a few hours. I already have a Jhook for keyboard input so I should be able to add the mouse detection to it aswell. :)

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Hey shouldn't the systemwide hooks be executed in dll?
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