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How do I listen for a keyboard combination globally?

How would I have my C# program listen for a specific keyboard combination (say, CTRL+ALT+F2) globally. Even if my application is minimized I would want it to intercept this and do something.

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You will have to use the Windows API to set a system hook into the keyboard. Here is a pretty good article on how to do such a thing:

http://www.codeguru.com/vb/gen/vb%5Fsystem/keyboard/article.php/c4829/

Ed Swangren  2009-10-07 22:06:59
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You can also take a look at http://www.liensberger.it/web/blog/?p=207 which is written in C#

armannvg  2009-10-07 23:05:46

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