Capture keyboard input

[vbud]

Hello there, I need to make a program that can capture keyboard input from any window that has input focus. Anybody can help me out with some piece of code?

[alex_read]

you'll need to look at the GetAsyncKeyState
Try the API guide download at www.allapi.net for a sample of this one

[MerrionComputin]

#If you are using WinNT4, Win2K or WinXP you can install a WH_KEYBOARD_LL hook that will receive keyboard event notifications for every keypress regardless of whether your application has focus or not...

To do this with the EventVB.dll :

 '\\ In form declarations...
Dim WithEvents vbLink As EventVB.APIFunctions
Dim WithEvents vbKddHook As EventVB.EnumHandler


 [COLOR=green]'\\ Start hook when form loads [COLOR]
Private Sub Form_Load()

Set vbLink = New APIFunctions

Set vbKbdHook = vbLink.EventhandlerLink
vbKbdHook.StartHook WH_KEYBOARD_LL, vbLink.ModuleHandle, 0

End Sub


 [COLOR=green]'\\ Stop hook when form unloads [COLOR]
Private Sub Form_Unload()
   vbKbdHook.StopHook WH_KEYBOARD_LL
End Sub

 [COLOR=green]'\\ Process keyboard events [COLOR]
Private Sub vbKbdHook_HOOKPROCKEYBOARDLL(Action As EventVB.enHookCode, ByVal KeyState As Long, ByVal KeyStrokeInfo As EventVB.ApiKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT, lMsgRet As Long)

With KeyStrokeInfo
    If .KeyReleased Then
        Debug.Print .KeyNameText & " released"
    End If
End With

End Sub

HTH,
Duncan

[alex_read]

Further to the PM I just got...
Goto http://www.allapi.net/agnet/aanreg.php and download the program.
Search for "GetAsyncKeyState" down the left hand side and the right side will have some code under the Examples tab. Shove this into a new form & module & run it.

Follow the on screen instructions and this is basically the same as you're trying. By then changing this line in the sample :

MsgBox sSave

to

Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.SetText sSave

this will copy the text to the clipboard.

[vbud]

Thanx guys for the reply.
Thanx alex_read i got the sample code from allapi. That really helped me out!!!

[vbud]

Thanx guys for the reply.
Thanx alex_read i got the sample code from allapi. That really helped me out!!!

cheeers

vbud

[MetallicaD]

Watch out there, when you start using those keyboard hooks, some antivirus programs (specifically McAfee) will pick up your code as a virus.. a keystroke logger..

-mcd

[vbud]

Thanx MetallicaD i`ll try to keep that in mind!!!