How to check if a key press or not while i'm not in the form?

Question

I have a form that is running but not in the focus. Now I want to press CTRL + NUM1 so the form which is not in the foreground catches it.

How can I achieve this?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/604410/global-keyboard-capture-in-c-sharp-application — Dmitrii Dovgopolyi, Oct 23 '12 at 08:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '12 at 08:52

It should be possible with a keyboard hook, which your application installs when it starts up and remove it on an app close.

This should get you started, you need to know/understand fundamentals of Win32 API for this! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7294/Processing-Global-Mouse-and-Keyboard-Hooks-in-C

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