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Anonymous - Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:37 am
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i searched rohitab cplus plus google all kinds of shit and could not find anything on how to create a hotkey for you program in c++ like how to make something that when you press CTRL+A a message box pops up and says hello?

Samapico - Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:19 am
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You need a form first

Once you get the form, you should be able to have a 'keypress' event from it.

I'm really not sure how this works in c++... never used forms with it

hellzlaker - Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:03 am
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thanks allot, i really didn't were to even start searching and on google lots of BS came up

Anonymous - Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:19 am
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What do you mean by hotkey? Like using a Windows + Letter combo. Theres a windows API call to set that up.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/nishhotkeys01.aspx
nice example there

Samapico - Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:47 am
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I think he meant a shortcut to a menu item...
hmm... now that I think of it, if you can find a menu control, the menu items might have a shortcut property (like you can set up Ctrl+S for a 'save' item)

D1st0rt - Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:55 pm
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You could listen to keyboard events and then do something when specific ones happen

Cheese - Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:01 am
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i know how to code a hotkey in win32 c++, but only while the window is active...

IF ANYONE CAN FIND OUT HOW TO CODE A GLOBAL HOTKEY, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

Doc Flabby - Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:27 am
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Cheese wrote:

i know how to code a hotkey in win32 c++, but only while the window is active...

IF ANYONE CAN FIND OUT HOW TO CODE A GLOBAL HOTKEY, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/nishhotkeys01.aspx
I already have, used the info in this link

Cheese - Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:05 pm
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was reviewing stuff...
never implemented this fully,
i dont like codeproject, where else is there info?

because if i did

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RegisterHotKey(hwnd, 101, MOD_ALT, 'H');
case WM_HOTKEY:
{
MessageBox(hwnd,"wm hotkey","wm hotkey",MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
if(lParam == 101)
{
MessageBox(hwnd,"wm hotkey","101",MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}
}
break;

alt h anywhere would bring up wmhotkey box, but not 101.

-edit-
messed around, found that wparam controls it, so nvm
proper code:

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RegisterHotKey(hwnd, 101, MOD_ALT, 'H');
RegisterHotKey(hwnd, 102, MOD_ALT, 'J');
...
case WM_HOTKEY:
{
if(wParam == 101)
{
MessageBox(hwnd,"101 W","wm hotkey",MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}
if(wParam == 102)
{
MessageBox(hwnd,"102 W","wm hotkey",MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}
}
break;

cheese's win32 to do list:

any help on any of these would be appreciated