Getting key presses without a window?

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neos300 (Posted 2009) [#1]

I am developing a new program, that is designed to run in the background and only appear when the user presses Ctrl+Q. How would i do that?

Beaker (Posted 2009) [#2]

One way is to use AutoHotKey. Or you could probably do it with some system keyboard hooks, or use something like this: http://www.blitzmax.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2328 Blitz3d isn't really designed not to have a window. BlitzPlus or BlitzMax would do a better job of it.

Warner (Posted 2009) [#3]

You could use API_GetASyncKeyState. If you search for it in Google, there should be some examples on how to use it. A quick search gave me this archive entry: http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1319