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You need to specify WHEN the keystroke should be captured:<br />
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(1) Only when your app has FOCUS.<br />
(2) At ANY time, regardless of whether your app is in the foreground or not.<br />

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For (1), you would need a keyboard hook:<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21584180/Detect-a-Ctrl-F12-press-on-keyboard-with-no-focus-on-application-dll-required.html#15021651" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21584180/Detect-a-Ctrl-F12-press-on-keyboard-with-no-focus-on-application-dll-required.html#15021651</a>
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Hi <br />
first of all: I use VB.net in Visual studio 2005 <br />
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I am trying to make an eventhandler that waits (listen) for a specific keystroke which triggers a Sub() where some tasks are performed. How can that be done? For example i wan't to program a script that opens Internet explorer when i press &quot;arrow down&quot; key , opens Frontpage when i press &quot;arrow up&quot; opens excel when i press &quot;arrow left&quot; ? <br />
How can that be done? 
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Hi 
first of all: I use VB.net in Visual studio 2005 

I am trying to make an eventhandler that waits (listen) for a specific keystroke which triggers a Sub() where some tasks are performed. How can that be done? For example i wan't to program a script that opens Internet explorer when i press "arrow down" key , opens Frontpage when i press "arrow up" opens excel when i press "arrow left" ? 
How can that be done? 

You need to specify WHEN the keystroke should be captured:

(1) Only when your app has FOCUS.
(2) At ANY time, regardless of whether your app is in the foreground or not.


For (1), you would need a keyboard hook:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/.NET/Visual_Basic.NET/Q_21584180.html#15021651

EventHandler that listens for a specific keystroke?

Hi 
first of all: I use VB.net in Visual studio 2005 

I am trying to make an eventhandler that waits (listen) for a specific keystroke which triggers a Sub() where some tasks are performed. How can that be done? For example i wan&amp;#39;t to program a script that opens Internet explorer when i press &amp;quot;arrow down&amp;quot; key , opens Frontpage when i press &amp;quot;arrow up&amp;quot; opens excel when i press &amp;quot;arrow left&amp;quot; ? 
How can that be done? 

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Visual Basic.NET

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.