Register Hot Keys application wide not global

[Maloney]

Is there any way to get when the Hardware keys at the bottom of an iPaq are
pressed in a application wide settings not global. Using RegisterHotKey
(http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=283&SearchTerms=hotkey)
will give me global notification of the keys pressed but i just want to get
them when my app is in focus. Is there any way of doing this.

Scott

 

[Boris Nienke]

Is there any way to get when the Hardware keys at the bottom of an iPaq are
pressed in a application wide settings not global. Using RegisterHotKey
(http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=283&SearchTerms=hotkey)
will give me global notification of the keys pressed but i just want to get
them when my app is in focus. Is there any way of doing this.

i think the only way is:
- store the original values of the buttons
- assign your own function when your App is in focus
- restore the original values when your App loses the focus

just an idea

Boris

 

[Maloney]

Do you know how to get the previous values from the buttons?

 

[Boris Nienke]

Do you know how to get the previous values from the buttons?

not really
i've just read about it from someone, who has done this (with eVC++)

Boris

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

RegisterHotKey() will not take over a hot key already registered by someone
else. If the key generates a standard keystroke (F1 or left-arrow or
whatever), you can use a windows hook, a C/C++ DLL, and a MessageWindow
subclass to capture it only while you are the active application. I don't
think that RegisterHotKey() is going to be a part of the solution, though.

Paul T.