/// <summary>
/// Check if a specified Hotkey is available
/// </summary>
/// <param name="form">owning form</param>
/// <param name="key">hot key Key</param>
/// <param name="modifier">hoy key Modifier</param>
/// <returns>true if available</returns>
public static bool IsHotkeyAvailable(Form form, Keys key, WinAPI.KeyModifiers modifier)
{
var available = WinAPI.RegisterHotKey(form.Handle, 0, modifier, key);
if (available)
{
WinAPI.UnregisterHotKey(form.Handle, 0);
}
return(available);
}
/// <summary>
/// Set up the hook into Windows
/// </summary>
protected void Hook()
{
for (var i = 0; i < m_hooked.Count; i++)
{
var auth = m_hooked[i];
var key = (Keys)auth.HotKey.Key;
var modifier = auth.HotKey.Modifiers;
if (WinAPI.RegisterHotKey(m_form.Handle, i + 1, modifier | WinAPI.KeyModifiers.NoRepeat, key) == false)
{
// the MOD_NOREPEAT flag is not support in XP or 2003 and we should get a fail, so we call again without it
WinAPI.RegisterHotKey(m_form.Handle, i + 1, modifier, key);
}
}
}