news:u30aXBaoGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to implement a macro feature in my application by recording
> and playing back keystrokes. At first I thought it would be enough to
> catch KeyDown in my main form, but I soon realized that I needed to
> catch keystrokes in menues and other forms in my app as well.
>
> I realize I can implement a keyboard hook that catches keystrokes
> globally, but I only want the keystrokes that are sent to my
> application.
>
> Any suggestions on how to accomplish that?
>
> /Gunnar

>
> This is verry easy
>
> just set the keypreview property of your form to true now you catch
> all keystrokes on that form with the form`s key events
>
> if this is not enough for you ,, you can also implement a
> messagefilter interface
>
> i have once posted an example as an alternative of subclassing the
> webbrowser control you can easily convert this to catch and process
> all Windows messages in this situation you wil receive every message
> sent to the window ( moving , minimizing , mouse moves , keypress etc
> etc ) you can find this code here
> http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=5635
>
> although i think it is a bit overdone in this situation
>
>
> regards
>
> Michel Posseth MCP
>
>
>
>
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> news:u30aXBaoGHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > I'm trying to implement a macro feature in my application by
> > recording and playing back keystrokes. At first I thought it would
> > be enough to catch KeyDown in my main form, but I soon realized
> > that I needed to catch keystrokes in menues and other forms in my
> > app as well.
> >
> > I realize I can implement a keyboard hook that catches keystrokes
> > globally, but I only want the keystrokes that are sent to my
> > application.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to accomplish that?
> >
> > /Gunnar