//************************************** // Name: LowLevel Windows API Keyboard Hook // Description:Sets a global keyboard hook in the current process low level using the Windows API // By: aaron blair // //This code is copyrighted and has// limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=11920&lngWId=3//for details.//************************************** #include#include #include // function declaration. LRESULT CALLBACK LowLevelKeyboardProc( int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam ); int main() { // Retrieve the applications instance HINSTANCE appInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL); // Set a global Windows Hook to capture keystrokes. SetWindowsHookEx( WH_KEYBOARD_LL, LowLevelKeyboardProc, appInstance, 0 ); MSG msg; while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0) { TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } return 0; } LRESULT CALLBACK LowLevelKeyboardProc( int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam ) { // Declare our pointer to the KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT *pKeyBoard = (KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT *)lParam; switch( wParam ) { case WM_KEYUP: // When the key has been pressed and released { switch( pKeyBoard->vkCode ) // Check to see what key has been pushed { case VK_RETURN: // The return/enter key has been pressed DWORD timestamp = pKeyBoard->time; // This shows our timestamp when the key was pushed. printf("Enter Key Pressed %u", timestamp ); // Show us when the key has been pushed break; } } default: return CallNextHookEx( NULL, nCode, wParam, lParam ); } return 0;
LowLevel Windows API Keyboard Hook
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Arul Benjamin Chandru
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Feb 21, 2011
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LowLevel Windows API Keyboard Hook
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