Emulation of pressing the buttons outside the active window

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if (e.Alt || e.KeyCode == Keys.F2)
           {

               MessageBox.Show("working");
           }

this code work only in active window of program

Posted 15-Dec-11 6:04am

Radzhab

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Solution 1

Well, yes.
Keystrokes go to the active input control, what did you expect?

Posted 15-Dec-11 6:22am

OriginalGriff

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#realJSOP 15-Dec-11 12:24pm

A rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrubber biscuit?

[no name] 15-Dec-11 12:33pm

what i want-I start the program minimized to tray. And every 5 minutes there is pressing F2

OriginalGriff 15-Dec-11 14:01pm

So you want your app to simulate the keyboard pressing F2 into the active application? Look at the SendKeys class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx

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Kutayy · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-15T09:33:00

Solution 2

You have to use global hook if you want to When user Pressed F1 your win form appear. hope this helps: [^]

Posted 15-Dec-11 9:33am

Kutayy