C# keyhook

[~Rob]

Just found this article with some C# code that can register keys where ever the focus is. I don't know how it will work with the JNI, I still need to read up on it

[Sama]

nice find.

DllImport("user32.dll"). This is the first line that will be needed. In Java, you would write System.loadLibrary("user32.dll");

This will give access to the SetWindowsHookEx. I have found a couple of Java COM bridges that give easy access to this. The first is called JACOB, which is a fairly recent open source initiative. And the other is an old one called Java2Com by IBM, but it has a nice feature that recreates the COM object in Java objects for you (using a generator).

Do you fancy writing the windows hooks processor for Velocity, to process key and mouse events, and create a listener mechanisms for all plugins to use?

[~Rob]

I've nearly got this working now. I just need to get the user defined variables to become the hooked key. I've asked how to on the page I linked to. It's also possible to stop the keys being used else where. I'm trying to work out if it's a good or bad thing. Maybe with the JNI it's possible to unblock them if you're on a text-input screen which velocity would know?