Global Keystrokes Capturing

[ShIzO]

does anyone know how to capture keystrokes globally. What i mean Globally is that anything that is being typed on the computer, not only in my application. For example, capture the keys when typing something in the MS Word or anything else.

I just want to be able to send these keystrokes to my application but still be able to use other programs without any problems.

Please help!

[Aaron Young]

You can use the GetAsyncKeyState API with the Timer Control to Monitor the Virtual Key Codes activated from any Application, eg.

Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Timer1.Interval = 100
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Dim iKey As Integer
    For iKey = 0 To 255
        If GetAsyncKeyState(iKey) Then Caption = "Virtual KeyCode: " & iKey & " was pressed."
    Next
End Sub

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Aaron Young
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[Denpong]

Thanks. I think that really helps alot.