Listen to global keystrokes?

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C64Retro(Posted 2009) [#1]
Hello there!

Sorry if this seems a bit of a weird question, but I was wondering if some bright spark out there would know the answer.

The question is in two stages really:

1. Is there a way to make BlitzMax listen to keystrokes "globally", i.e. even when the running app's window hasn't got focus, it can still respond to certain keypresses?

2. Is there a way to implement Point [1] to be cross-platform?! So I (as the programmer) don't have to care what flavour of OS I'm compiling on?

Mull it over and, if anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Boz.