Determine which key is pressed by user

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hello, how to determine which key is pressed by user in vb.net when window or form is not in active state or application running from system tray.

Posted 6-Feb-13 5:13am

bhuvamehul

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Ritwesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06T06:04:00

Solution 3

Follow the following link. There you will get the links in the solution. It shall serve you good.
Key pressed - event generated[^]

It was something I was looking for too. The links helped.

Posted 6-Feb-13 6:04am

Ritwesh

ridoy · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06T06:02:00

Solution 2

See..
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1100285/how-to-detect-the-currently-pressed-key[^]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3348200/determine-if-a-key-is-currently-pressed[^]
http://www.dotnetperls.com/keycode[^]

Posted 6-Feb-13 6:02am

ridoy

Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06T05:48:00

Solution 1

Google for "C# Global Keyboard Hook". There's plenty of information out there.

Posted 6-Feb-13 5:48am

Dave Kreskowiak