by Liquibit (1 Submission)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: (5 Votes)
Shows how to emplement a hotkey globally. This example uses the ` key (192).
API Declarations'Add To Module
Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
'Add To A Timer With An Interval Of 1
keyresult = GetAsyncKeyState(192)
If keyresult = 0 Then Exit Sub
If keyresult = -32767 Then
MsgBox "The ` key was pressed."
End If