You could use SetWindowsHookEx() with the WH_KEYBOARD parameter.
Unfortunately a system wide hook must be set from within a DLL.
Fortunately DLLs aren't so bad in Delphi.
Paul Ritchie
RCS (NZ) Ltd.
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> Is there a system API to trap all keystrokes systemwide so that I can
> implement a kbd connected bar-code-scanner driver ?
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> Rohit
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