How to trap HotKey When Form is Hidden

[Norm]

I would like to trap and use a hotkey, but my form is hidden and I cannot
use the key event from the form.

What would be the best way to do this? Any code examples would be
appreciated or pointers to explanations of the process.

Thanks,
Norm

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

Because your form will be hidden, that is to say when you press the key,
the winform will not get the keydown message.
So I think you may need to use the RegisterHotKey API
Here is article for your reference.
http://www.thecodeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/ashsimplehotkeys.asp


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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