Re: Global keyboard hook

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From: Michel Leunen
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:13

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Fernando wrote:

> How ca I set a global keyboard hook, so that when the user presses a certain
> key combination, my app starts?

Look at SetWindowsHookEx() and related functions.
The following article shows how to install a hook for the mouse but it's 
not different for the keyboard:
http://www.leunen.com/cbuilder/hook.html

Michel
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