[2005] Capturing Mouse & Keyboard Movements

[redbrad0]

I have a application that I will be using in Full Screen mode and need to capture anytime the mouse is moved or a key is pushed so i can turn off this applications "screen saver" so the user can start to use the system. I do not need to know where the mouse is located or what key is pressed.

Searching the internet I found the following class that I guess handles this but I am not sure how to use this in my application and return to my application that the mouse was moved or a key was pressed.

I added a class to my Project called "MouseHook" and below is the entire text inside that class.

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class MouseHook
    ' DECLARATION

    Public Event KeyPressed(ByVal KeyChar As Int32)
    Delegate Function HookProc(ByVal nCode As Integer, ByVal wParam As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As IntPtr
    Declare Auto Function SetWindowsHookEx Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal idHook As Integer, ByVal lpfn As HookProc, ByVal hMod As IntPtr, ByVal dwThreadId As Integer) As IntPtr
    Declare Function UnhookWindowsHookEx Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hhk As IntPtr) As Boolean
    Declare Function CallNextHookEx Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hhk As IntPtr, ByVal nCode As Integer, ByVal wParam As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As IntPtr

    Const WH_KEYBOARD_LL As Integer = 13
    Shared KeyBoardHook As IntPtr



    Public Function MyLLKbdProc(ByVal nCode As Integer, ByVal wParam As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As IntPtr
        RaiseEvent KeyPressed(Marshal.ReadInt32(lParam))
        Return CallNextHookEx(KeyBoardHook, nCode, wParam, lParam)
    End Function

    Public Sub KeyBoardListen()
        Dim hp1 As HookProc = AddressOf MyLLKbdProc
        KeyBoardHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_KEYBOARD_LL, hp1, Marshal.GetHINSTANCE(GetType(MouseHook).Module), 0)
        GC.KeepAlive(hp1)
    End Sub

    Public Sub KeyBoardStopListen()
        UnhookWindowsHookEx(KeyBoardHook)
    End Sub

End Class

[penagate]

If your application is full-screen then presumably all you need to do is handle the built-in .NET events sent to your application's form; or am I missing something?

[redbrad0]

I am using the axWebBrowser control taking over the full screen so this way it pulls in the application where I can change it on the fly for all locations (this will be for a kiosk)