Events question

[Mvk]

Hi;

I have a little "timer"-application. The timer starts running when I press
the "CTRL + Space" buttons. The timer ends when I click again on "CTRL +
Space". Resetting the timer: "CTRL + Enter". Now I have a little question
concerning these events.

When I start a second application eg Outlook. Then my timer is in the
background and the CTRL+Space and CTRL+Enter events aren't catched anymore
by the timer ? I have tried to set the TopMost property of the timer form
but no luck.

Any idea how I setup my timer application so it ALWAYS catches the
CTRL+SPACE and CTRL+ENTER events ?


Thanks in advance!
M.

 

[Guest]

As you found out, events are only raised in your app when when it's the active app. To get notified of events regardless of the active app, you'll have to get into global hooks. Here's a good article on using them in C#

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/GlobalSystemHook.asp