How to get data from database by push keyboard combination.

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Hello to all.

I have application that gets information from database.

Whats i need to do is

My application will work in task manager and get the data by keyboard combination.

for example :

no matter where i will be in the windows the combination :

F1+ALT will show me massageBox with data1
F2+ALT will show me massageBox with data2

and so on...

i heard that i need to use hook functions but whats the right way to use them or maybe that is a batter way to do it

my app made in : windows forms application, VB.NET

Thank you.

Posted 4-Jan-15 4:33am

Leon Barkan

Updated 4-Jan-15 4:49am

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Maciej Los 4-Jan-15 12:06pm

Why do you want to fetch data by catching keys combination? It makes no sense. Create top menu (for example: ribbon) instead.

[no name] 5-Jan-15 0:53am

Its part of big application that needs to do that option.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-04T05:22:00

Yes, you need global keyboard hooks - but frankly, VB is a poor choice (and C# is not a lot better) - you would find it a lot easier in a native language such as C++.

But...there are a lot of articles on the subject: Google: "global keyboard hook site:codeproject.com"[^] so you have a fair amount of reading to do.

Be aware that you will probably mess up quite a lot of applications with this idea...ALT and Function keys are used quite often.