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Hello, is it possible to get windows messages when my form doesn't have focus?

thank you for the reply, but I have a problem:
I have a Windows Forms Application not a Console Application and I modified the code to filter the messages:

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            base.WndProc(ref m);
            if (m.Msg == 0x0319)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("");
            }
        }

Now each time I press a button(like play, pause) on my Windows Media Center's remote control I should see a MessageBox. The code works fine when my form has focus but when I click another application(for example my browser) I don't see any more that MessageBox.

P.S. My application's goal is to make the remote control work with all the music/video players.

Posted 22-Aug-10 3:00am

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Updated 22-Aug-10 4:35am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2010-08-22T03:05:00

Yes.

C#

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
            {
            base.WndProc(ref m);
            Console.WriteLine(m.ToString());
            }

WARNING: Don't run this and expect good response times. You will get a lot of windows messages, and thus slow response because the console output will be scrolling like a loony!

Dragonfly_Lee · Answer 2 · 2010-08-22T04:32:00

Solution 2

Looks like you are building a spy application.

Posted 22-Aug-10 4:32am

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OriginalGriff 22-Aug-10 10:34am

I hadn't noticed he had updated his question.

[deleted]Why? All he will get is his apps windows messages, not the messages for other apps. For that you need to use more complex hooking.[/deleted]

Toli Cuturicu 22-Aug-10 13:50pm

Reason for my vote of 1
Not at all.