[1234hotmaster]

hi guys this is a tutorial to add shortcut keys to your programs which work even if the program is not on top.

Step 1:

Start a new project.


Step 2:

Below Form1 add this:

Code:

Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer

Step 3:

Add a timer and double click it. in the timer's code add this:

Code:

Dim hotkey1 As String hotkey1 = GetAsyncKeyState(Keys.F2) If hotkey1 = True Then MsgBox("Hello you just activated the Hotkey!", MsgBoxStyle.Information) End If

Then set the timer's Enabled field to True and interval to 10 ( as low as possible but not 1 because can make double hotkey counted )

Replace MsgBox("Hello you just activated the Hotkey!", MsgBoxStyle.Information) with your code when the key is pressed.

Have a nice day

[1llusion]

Nice tut!!!
I do like it!!!

[Coder-san]

Most of the time you don't need a Global Hotkey, so you can just give focus to a certain hidden control, and get keystrokes on that.
At other times this helps. Nice share.

[1234hotmaster]

options button?

[asad3man]

thanx for this , really helped me , but how to make the hotkey from the text , means

i m in textbox , i want put enter as hotkey , so it will press the Button1!

[Kaveman]

I am try thanks ........