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[i__h4x]

As the title says, i was wondering how to hook the keyboard for just one application, rather that installing a low level keyboard hook that hooks the whole system.

Is there a way to do this?

Preferably in VB.net/C# but if its a different language that I can attempt to translate thats fine

[atom0s]

Depends on the program and how it handles the keys. You could go through and hook the API that handles key events such as GetAsyncKeyState(), you could subclass the window proc of the window as well and handle the keyboard events yourself. Or of the program is a game, you might have to hook DirectInput to handle them.

Care to be a little more specific?

[i__h4x]

Its a game, Medal Of Honor Allied Assault.
Not sure what more I can add to this post. The game allows you to create bindings to buttons, however there are limits to the scripts that can be written, (Eg toggling something on then off in one press).

Ive programmed all the code to send the commands to the games console, I was now just looking for a slightly less global way to set up the HotKeys.

Hooking all the API's dosnt sound too fun

[atom0s]

I would assume probably using DirectInput, but, subclass the window proc first and see if you can handle the key events that way. You can do that using SetWindowLongPtr.

[i__h4x]

Ok, ive been reading up on subclassing. All the examples I can find of cross process subclassing are in C++, would It be possible to do in the framework, or will i need a C++ dll to hook the process?

Any examples would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[atom0s]

You can subclass it easily via injection, or doing it from another process. As I said above, use SetWindowLongPtr:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644898.aspx