How to get mouse/keyboard event from outside your form?

[Guest]

What kind of wizardry do I have to pull off so I can capture a mouse click
event or a key press event from OUTSIDE my form?

Ideally, with either case I also consume the event so that it does not reach
whatever app besides mine is currently in focus... but it's not totally
necessary if it's too much work.

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello MrNobody,

You need to realize "global hooks".
See samples there
- http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/globalsystemhook.asp
- http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/globalhook.asp

M> What kind of wizardry do I have to pull off so I can capture a mouse
M> click event or a key press event from OUTSIDE my form?
M>
M> Ideally, with either case I also consume the event so that it does
M> not reach whatever app besides mine is currently in focus... but it's
M> not totally necessary if it's too much work.
M>
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