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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace BejeweledBot
{
/// <summary>
/// Based on https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/toub/2006/05/03/low-level-keyboard-hook-in-c/
/// </summary>
class KeyboardIntercept
{
public EventHandler<KeyEventArgs> KeyIntercepted;
private const int WH_KEYBOARD_LL = 13;
private const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x0100;
private static LowLevelKeyboardProc _proc = HookCallback;
private static IntPtr _hookID = IntPtr.Zero;
public KeyboardIntercept()
{
instance = this;
}
public static void Hook()
{
_hookID = SetHook(_proc);
}
private static KeyboardIntercept Instance { get { return instance; } }
private static KeyboardIntercept instance;
public static void Unhook()
{
UnhookWindowsHookEx(_hookID);
}
private static IntPtr SetHook(LowLevelKeyboardProc proc)
{
using (Process curProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess())
using (ProcessModule curModule = curProcess.MainModule)
{
return SetWindowsHookEx(WH_KEYBOARD_LL, proc,
GetModuleHandle(curModule.ModuleName), 0);
}
}
private delegate IntPtr LowLevelKeyboardProc(int nCode, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
private static IntPtr HookCallback(int nCode, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
{
if (nCode >= 0 && wParam == (IntPtr)WM_KEYDOWN)
{
int vkCode = Marshal.ReadInt32(lParam);
Instance.onKeyIntercepted((Keys)vkCode);
}
return CallNextHookEx(_hookID, nCode, wParam, lParam);
}
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr SetWindowsHookEx(int idHook, LowLevelKeyboardProc lpfn, IntPtr hMod, uint dwThreadId);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool UnhookWindowsHookEx(IntPtr hhk);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr CallNextHookEx(IntPtr hhk, int nCode, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr GetModuleHandle(string lpModuleName);
private void onKeyIntercepted(Keys key)
{
KeyIntercepted?.Invoke(this, new KeyEventArgs(key));
}
}
}
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