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You need to install a system hook to intercept all keyboard messages for all windows on a system.  VB cannot do this alone, you need a hook proc located in a standard DLL.  The following site contains information on how to do this along with supporting DLLs: <br />
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<a href="http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/hook/vbalhook.htm" rel="ugc">http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/hook/vbalhook.htm</a>
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You need to install a system hook to intercept all keyboard messages for all windows on a system.  VB cannot do this alone, you need a hook proc located in a standard DLL.  The following site contains information on how to do this along with supporting DLLs:

http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/hook/vbalhook.htm [http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/hook/vbalhook.htm]

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A link to another site isn't really an answer - although the link was helpful.
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A link to another site isn't really an answer - although the link was helpful.

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This MICROSOFT KB article has a complete example of intercepting keys...<br />
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HOWTO: Intercept Keyboard Input from Visual Basic<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q177/9/92.ASP" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q177/9/92.ASP</a><br />
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Cheers!
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This MICROSOFT KB article has a complete example of intercepting keys...

HOWTO: Intercept Keyboard Input from Visual Basic
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q177/9/92.ASP [http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q177/9/92.ASP]


Cheers!

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It looks like vb can not do this. It is not able to create system dll's to capture system events.
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It looks like vb can not do this. It is not able to create system dll's to capture system events.

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How can I write a program that runs in<br />
the background and intercepts <br />
keystrokes?<br />
<br />
Is there some MFC that does this for me?<br />
<br />
What I want to do is be able to remap <br />
keystrokes so I can duplicate the program<br />
found at <a href="http://www.halfkeyboard.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.halfkeyboard.com/</a><br />
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for example I could press the letter f <br />
and the spacebar at the time and the<br />
program would intercept that and pass <br />
along a j.<br />
<br />
Thanks!<br />
Bill Blair<br />
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How can I write a program that runs in
the background and intercepts 
keystrokes?

Is there some MFC that does this for me?

What I want to do is be able to remap 
keystrokes so I can duplicate the program
found at http://www.halfkeyboard.com/

for example I could press the letter f 
and the spacebar at the time and the
program would intercept that and pass 
along a j.

Thanks!
Bill Blair





Intercept keystrokes

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.