Any coders -- need hook into Windows for custom key press

[jimbo45]

Hi there
Does anybody know if one can code an application in Windows THAT RUNS IN THE BACKGROUND that does NOTHING except react to a specific key press - ideally I'd like some sort of EVENT to be created at event Windows key + (user custom key), then an ACTION can take place. Then I could say create a table which would launch a specific application or program. This could be quite flexible as I could create in the table a combination of Key presses and applications.

Something like this must exist already in Windows as certain key presses already produce specific actions.

I don't have much experience with this but it doesn't look as if the code would be very large.

Any offers -- hopefully it would run in JavaScript or whatever (I've got Visual Studio) so anything supported by Visual studio or Windows would be fine.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[lifemare]

I don't know anything about coding, so i may be misinterpreting your purposes, but it seems to me what you're describing is pretty much AutoHotkey.

 

[joakim]

In AutoIt it is really easy with the function HotKeySet. That is basically what I did with RunAtWinlogon which interprets hotkeys at the Windows login screen; RunAtWinlogon - reboot.pro although that's a bit too much as an example.

The file ServiceKick.au3 includes the functionality you ask about.