shortcut keys

hello i wanna know how can i hide my application completly from windows and when i press a shortcut key it shows my application. please explain step by step thank you.

have a look at the hotkeys example in my signature

ok paul thanks for the replay i went to your hotkey and download it, but didnt really understood anything lol you have to understand that i am a newbie so i need some explaination. i opened the project it even worked but how can i get that in own form.

can you post your code?

what keys do you want to use as a hotkey?

ok heres an easier example. when you doubleclick the form it hides, then when you press the hotkeys(Ctrl+A) it shows

vb Code:

Public Class Form1
 
    ''API functions
    Private Declare Function RegisterHotKey Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal id As Integer, ByVal fsModifiers As Integer, ByVal vk As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function UnregisterHotKey Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal id As Integer) As Integer
 
    ''indicates hotkey pressed
    Private Const WM_HOTKEY As Integer = &H312
 
    ''modifier keycodes
    Private Const MOD_ALT As Integer = &H1
    Private Const MOD_CONTROL As Integer = &H2
    Private Const MOD_SHIFT As Integer = &H4
 
    Private Sub Form1_DoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.DoubleClick
        Me.Hide()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
        UnregisterHotKey(Me.Handle, 0)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        RegisterHotKey(Me.Handle, 0, MOD_CONTROL, Asc("A"))
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message)
        ''catch wm_hotkey message
        If m.Msg = WM_HOTKEY Then        ''pressed the hotkey 
            Me.Show()
        End If
        MyBase.WndProc(m)
    End Sub
 
 
End Class