crrrazydan
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I know about the Form Keypress event, but is there a way to record my keystrokes when I am typing on a different program? What I want to happen is to have all my keystrokes put into a text box, say Text1.Text. Thanks!
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Geting keystrokes when out of focus
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You could use the GetAsyncKeyState API.
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Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
Public Function GetInput()
For Rep = 0 To 255
If (GetAsyncKeyState(Rep) And &H8001) <> 0 Then
GetInput = Rep
Exit Function
End If
Next i
End Function
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You would call GetInput from a timer, convert the numbers returned with Chr$() and build a string as you go.
This method is somewhat flawed because it doesn't return the current shift state for a key press but it has the advantage of retrieving keystrokes system-wide.
See thread711-33735 for more discussion.
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Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
Public Function GetInput()
For Rep = 0 To 255
If (GetAsyncKeyState(Rep) And &H8001) <> 0 Then
GetInput = Rep
Exit Function
End If
Next i
End Function
[/tt]
You would call GetInput from a timer, convert the numbers returned with Chr$() and build a string as you go.
This method is somewhat flawed because it doesn't return the current shift state for a key press but it has the advantage of retrieving keystrokes system-wide.
See thread711-33735 for more discussion.
Alt255@Vorpalcom.Intranets.com
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