Recieve KeyUp/Down SystemWide

Category:

System/API

Type:

Controls

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Phlip Bradbury

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 5

More information:

Just add this control to your form and you will recieve KeyDown and KeyUp events regardless of the active app.

An example of its use might be in a graphics program, you want to pick up a key in another app, to take a screenshot for example.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download keypress.zip