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Reading Key Down by Omnipotence on 07-31-2006 at 08:03 PM
Is there a way of reading keys being typed by the user while not actually being in the chat window? So that say they could type up a command on the fly from the contact list and open up some form of configuration window or etc.
RE: Reading Key Down by matty on 07-31-2006 at 08:42 PM
quote:Take a look at GetAsyncKeyState
Originally posted by Omnipotence
Is there a way of reading keys being typed by the user while not actually being in the chat window? So that say they could type up a command on the fly from the contact list and open up some form of configuration window or etc.
RE: Reading Key Down by deAd on 07-31-2006 at 08:48 PM
But that wouldn't tell you when something was typed without it being on a timer (which would be VERY messy).
My suggestion would be to be like HopperLive does; use an external DLL that creates a hidden window. This window registers a system-wide hotkey to itself and processes it when it receives the right message. The window is always open but is invisible.
RE: Reading Key Down by Omnipotence on 07-31-2006 at 08:51 PM
Wow, thats great thanks! However the next problem arises that what could I do to run that when a key is pressed down. The command only runs when it is called. Looping would kill the CPU speed and so I would be looking for a funciton that calls whenever a key is pressed... any idea as to that?
And yes, the other viable opion was that timer. Which again sounds prettyyy messy... external DLL... errr Im not sure I know how to handle that.