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[ElectroFusion]

I saw that blankrider used RegisterHotKey, which I find more.. Tasty. Even though GetAsyncKeyState seems so much easier. Which is better?

--NOT TRYING TO BE A MOOCH--

[HomerSexual]

i prefer registerhotkey and so does alot of the C users. More delphi oriented will tell you GAK

[ElectroFusion]

Well, its mainly because I can understand RegisterHotKey, as GetAsyncKeyState is too... different.

[Symbol]

RegisterHotKey ofcourse, this way you will get WM_HOTKEY message when the hotkey is pressed, instead of looping forever...

[HalfPrime]

You're still looping forver whether it's a getasynckeystate loop or a message loop.
In order to use registerhotkey and get messages, you have to create a window. A lot of DLLs don't make a window, so it's easier just to use getasynckeystate. if a program/dll does make a window, then it's already set up for receiving messages and all you have to do is add a hotkey case to the main switch statement.

[HomerSexual]

you don't have to make a window to use a message loop >.> Renkokuken has an example on here somewhere of a program that uses a message loop in a console.

[Symbol]

[HolyBlah]

[ElectroFusion]

I'm saoooo lazy...

Anyway... I keep getting undeclared identifier and all this crap when I use RegisterHotKey.

I included <windows.h>... hmm. Plus I get undeclared identifier for like... GetCursorPos etc..

also, in registerhotkey, I realized you have to use MOD_CONTROL, if I set it to null would it null the fact that you must press CTRL to use your hotkey?

[Symbol]

Use MOD_IGNORE_ALL_MODIFIER. (notice that MOD_IGNORE_ALL_MODIFIER is 0x400, not NULL (0), so if this parameter is null it doesn't ignore modifiers)