Does anyone know how to use the RegisterHotKey/UnregisterHotKey API calls in a console application? I assume that setting up/removing the hotkey is the same, but how do I get the call back when the key was pressed?
Every example I see is for Winforms, and uses protected override void WndProc(ref Message m){...}, which isn't available to me.
update: what I have is below, but the event is never hit. I thought it could be because when you load ConsoleShell it does block further execution, but even if I put
SetupHotkey into a different thread nothing happens. Any thoughts?
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
new Hud().Init(args);
}
}
class Hud
{
int keyHookId;
public void Init(string[] args)
{
SetupHotkey();
InitPowershell(args);
Cleanup();
}
private void Cleanup()
{
HotKeyManager.UnregisterHotKey(keyHookId);
}
private void SetupHotkey()
{
keyHookId = HotKeyManager.RegisterHotKey(Keys.Oemtilde, KeyModifiers.Control);
HotKeyManager.HotKeyPressed += new EventHandler<HotKeyEventArgs>(HotKeyManager_HotKeyPressed);
}
void HotKeyManager_HotKeyPressed(object sender, HotKeyEventArgs e)
{
//never executed
System.IO.File.WriteAllText("c:\\keyPressed.txt", "Hotkey pressed");
}
private static void InitPowershell(string[] args)
{
var config = RunspaceConfiguration.Create();
ConsoleShell.Start(config, "", "", args);
}
}