Global Hotkeys Windows Forms

Question

Hello there guys I have found examples and different codes... But unfortunately I wasn't able to find anything simple enough for me to play arround with... This is what I am trying to do.. Regardless of which window I am focused on I want to press Control + X+V OR Control + G (2 or 3 combinations) and I want a MessageBox.Show to execute ... Or something.. THEN I want Control + Alt + P to stop what Control + G had started (like a timer or anything else) How can I do that ? I don't want to ultilize a class or anything... I just want a straight simple code so that i can try to understand it. thanks guys... The reason why I am doing this is because once the Desired hotkey is pressed there will be a timmer then depending on what time it is a different sound will play ... Thanks guys

thiago costa · Answer

YAY !!! I got this done Shift = 4 so this is that I did I press Shift + J messagebox will show !!!! AHHAAHA I hope this helps some one... Thanks guys using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Diagnostics; namespace Starcraft_2_Builder { public partial class Form1 : Form { [DllImport(user32.dll)] public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd int id int fsModifiers int vlc); [DllImport(user32.dll)] public static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd int id); public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); // Alt = 1 Ctrl = 2 Shift = 4 Win = 8 Form1.RegisterHotKey(this.Handle this.GetType().GetHashCode() 4 (int)'J'); } protected override void WndProc(ref Message m) { if (m.Msg == 0x0312) MessageBox.Show(); // this.Activate(); base.WndProc(ref m); } } } Thanks for reading.