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Daemon in C# to listen for keypress

I'm looking to create a small C# application that will either run as a daemon or sit in the taskbar, and wait for a specific keypress. When the expected keypress is encountered, I'll perform some actions.

This is going to be used primarily for quick-posting of data to a web-service I'm writing. I've looked around the net for a while, but my search terms have been too vague, and I haven't come across any concrete examples or guides.

Thanks,

Mike Trpcic

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I came across this on CodeProject. It'll capture keystrokes while it's not focused. CodeProject: A Simple C# Global Low Level Keyboard Hook

statenjason  2009-06-18 04:10:32
Thanks for this, it looks like it can do exactly what I need. Any idea if this is capable of binding key combinations (e.g. CTRL+Space)?
Mike Trpcic  2009-06-18 04:23:24
The KeyEventArgs contains boolean properties to check if shift, alt, and control are pressed. So yes, I believe it would be pretty simple to implement key combinations.
statenjason  2009-06-18 04:35:45

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