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Installing a global hot key with C# by Christian Liensberger This is the code posted here: <http://www.liensberger.it/web/blog/?p=207>. The blog post got html escaped which required some tweaks to get working so I posted it here to save others time.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Liensberger
{
/// <summary>
/// Author: Christian Liensberger
/// Class from: http://www.liensberger.it/web/blog/?p=207
/// </summary>
public sealed class KeyboardHook : IDisposable
{
// Registers a hot key with Windows.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, uint fsModifiers, uint vk);
// Unregisters the hot key with Windows.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);
/// <summary>
/// Represents the window that is used internally to get the messages.
/// </summary>
private class Window : NativeWindow, IDisposable
{
private static int WM_HOTKEY = 0x0312;
public Window()
{
// create the handle for the window.
this.CreateHandle(new CreateParams());
}
/// <summary>
/// Overridden to get the notifications.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="m"></param>
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
base.WndProc(ref m);
// check if we got a hot key pressed.
if (m.Msg == WM_HOTKEY)
{
// get the keys.
Keys key = (Keys)(((int)m.LParam >> 16) & 0xFFFF);
ModifierKeys modifier = (ModifierKeys)((int)m.LParam & 0xFFFF);
// invoke the event to notify the parent.
if (KeyPressed != null)
KeyPressed(this, new KeyPressedEventArgs(modifier, key));
}
}
public event EventHandler<KeyPressedEventArgs> KeyPressed;
#region IDisposable Members
public void Dispose()
{
this.DestroyHandle();
}
#endregion
}
private Window _window = new Window();
private int _currentId;
public KeyboardHook()
{
// register the event of the inner native window.
_window.KeyPressed += delegate(object sender, KeyPressedEventArgs args)
{
if (KeyPressed != null)
KeyPressed(this, args);
};
}
/// <summary>
/// Registers a hot key in the system.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="modifier">The modifiers that are associated with the hot key.</param>
/// <param name="key">The key itself that is associated with the hot key.</param>
public void RegisterHotKey(ModifierKeys modifier, Keys key)
{
// increment the counter.
_currentId = _currentId + 1;
// register the hot key.
if (!RegisterHotKey(_window.Handle, _currentId, (uint)modifier, (uint)key))
throw new InvalidOperationException("Couldn’t register the hot key.");
}
/// <summary>
/// A hot key has been pressed.
/// </summary>
public event EventHandler<KeyPressedEventArgs> KeyPressed;
#region IDisposable Members
public void Dispose()
{
// unregister all the registered hot keys.
for (int i = _currentId; i > 0; i--)
{
UnregisterHotKey(_window.Handle, i);
}
// dispose the inner native window.
_window.Dispose();
}
#endregion
/// <summary>
/// Event Args for the event that is fired after the hot key has been pressed.
/// </summary>
public class KeyPressedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
private ModifierKeys _modifier;
private Keys _key;
internal KeyPressedEventArgs(ModifierKeys modifier, Keys key)
{
_modifier = modifier;
_key = key;
}
public ModifierKeys Modifier
{
get { return _modifier; }
}
public Keys Key
{
get { return _key; }
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The enumeration of possible modifiers.
/// </summary>
[Flags]
public enum ModifierKeys : uint
{
None = 0,
Alt = 1,
Control = 2,
Shift = 4,
Win = 8
}
}
}
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so nice of you..its verry good........

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