I won't tell you how to do it, since I'm doing it for money in a project of mine, but I can give you some ideas to start with... then you follow from there and study it yourself ;)
First, you'll need a system wide hook, and that's only possible with the hook being in a DLL. If you put the hook inside your EXE, it won't be a system wide hook, only a local application hook. It'll let you capture keys, but not block them. Only in a DLL you'll be able to block them. Next, you'll need a really low level hook, not a simple keyboard hook. Delphi 7 doesn't support it out-of-the-box since it's a Win2k/XP/2003 specific function, you'll have to dig it up... for Win9x/Me you can use a general keyboard hook ;). More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/hooks/hookreference/hookfunctions/lowlevelkeyboardproc.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/hooks/hookreference/hookfunctions/setwindowshookex.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/hooks/hookreference/hookfunctions/callnexthookex.asp This is all you need, just port it to Delphi, and if done right, it'll work :) --- In [email protected], "Philbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to capture the WIndows keys such as ALT+TAB, Windows key, > and other special Window key and key combinations from my application. > Any assistance on how to go about it will be appreciated. I'm using > Delphi 6 Enterprise. > > PHilbert. ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
