/// <summary>
/// Creates global keyboard listener.
/// </summary>
public KeyboardListener()
{
// Dispatcher thread handling the KeyDown/KeyUp events.
_dispatcher = Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher;
// We have to store the LowLevelKeyboardProc, so that it is not garbage collected runtime
_hookedLowLevelKeyboardProc = LowLevelKeyboardProc;
// Set the hook
_hookId = InterceptKeys.SetHook(_hookedLowLevelKeyboardProc);
_enabled = true;
// Assign the asynchronous callback event
_hookedKeyboardCallbackAsync = KeyboardListener_KeyboardCallbackAsync;
}
private IntPtr LowLevelKeyboardProc(int nCode, UIntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
{
if (nCode >= 0)
{
if (wParam.ToUInt32() == (int)InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_KEYDOWN ||
wParam.ToUInt32() == (int)InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_KEYUP /*||
* wParam.ToUInt32() == (int)InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_SYSKEYDOWN ||
* wParam.ToUInt32() == (int)InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_SYSKEYUP*/)
{
// Captures the character(s) pressed only on WM_KEYDOWN
var chars = InterceptKeys.VkCodeToString((uint)Marshal.ReadInt32(lParam),
(wParam.ToUInt32() == (int)InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_KEYDOWN /*||
* wParam.ToUInt32() == (int)InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_SYSKEYDOWN*/));
_hookedKeyboardCallbackAsync.BeginInvoke((InterceptKeys.KeyEvent)wParam.ToUInt32(), Marshal.ReadInt32(lParam), chars, null, null);
}
}
return(NativeMethods.CallNextHookEx(_hookId, nCode, wParam, lParam));
}
internal static extern IntPtr SetWindowsHookEx(int idHook, InterceptKeys.LowLevelKeyboardProc lpfn, IntPtr hMod, uint dwThreadId);
/// <summary>
/// HookCallbackAsync procedure that calls accordingly the KeyDown or KeyUp events.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="keyEvent">Keyboard event</param>
/// <param name="vkCode">VKCode</param>
/// <param name="character">Character as string.</param>
void KeyboardListener_KeyboardCallbackAsync(InterceptKeys.KeyEvent keyEvent, int vkCode, string character)
{
switch (keyEvent)
{
// KeyDown events
case InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_KEYDOWN:
if (KeyDown != null)
_dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new RawKeyEventHandler(KeyDown), this, new RawKeyEventArgs(vkCode, false, character));
break;
case InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_SYSKEYDOWN:
if (KeyDown != null)
_dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new RawKeyEventHandler(KeyDown), this, new RawKeyEventArgs(vkCode, true, character));
break;
// KeyUp events
case InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_KEYUP:
if (KeyUp != null)
_dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new RawKeyEventHandler(KeyUp), this, new RawKeyEventArgs(vkCode, false, character));
break;
case InterceptKeys.KeyEvent.WM_SYSKEYUP:
if (KeyUp != null)
_dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new RawKeyEventHandler(KeyUp), this, new RawKeyEventArgs(vkCode, true, character));
break;
}
}
