Catching events outside my app

[MC]

Hi,

I have a VB.NET Question:

How can I catch mouse and keyboard events that happen outside my app?

I want my app to do stuff after some time without user activity... Is that
possible in VB.NET? How?

Thanks in advance!

MC

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

How can I catch mouse and keyboard events that happen outside my app?

Keyboard hook:

<URL:http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_2193301_1>

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,


Create a win32 hook.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/cuttingedge/
http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_2193301_1
http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=25127

Ken

 

[MC]

Thanks!

That is exacly what I was looking for!

And it worked great!!!!



Good programming!

MC