How to detect F1 keydown

[ayumi]

Hi, i have a dialog which is inside a tab control. The tab control is inside CFormView.

How can i detect 'F1' key down regardless of where my focus is?

I could detect it without the tab control inside my form view using PreTranslateMessage of CView to detect the 'F1' but with tab control added, it doesn't works anymore.

Anyone has any idea?? Thanks......

[mwilliamson]

Regardless of focus you need to use a keyboard hook. If you want to hook only with-in your application this can be done in an a function. If you want to hook system-wide you must implement it in a DLL.

[ovidiucucu]

Handle WM_HELP in main application window.
Note that, in ClassWizard messages list, it is renamed as WM_HELPINFO.

[ayumi]

mwilliamson : what do you mean by keyboard hook?? any example?

ovidiucucu : that message is only for F1 to F12 key? or any key? Is it same as PreTranslateMessage??

Thanks.

[ovidiucucu]

Originally posted by ayumi
ovidiucucu : that message is only for F1 to F12 key? or any key? Is it same as PreTranslateMessage??

Thanks.

Only for F1.
Not the same, PreTranslateMessage is not a message but a virtual function.

[GCDEF]

Originally posted by ayumi
Hi, i have a dialog which is inside a tab control. The tab control is inside CFormView.

How can i detect 'F1' key down regardless of where my focus is?

I could detect it without the tab control inside my form view using PreTranslateMessage of CView to detect the 'F1' but with tab control added, it doesn't works anymore.

Anyone has any idea?? Thanks......

PreTranslateMessage in your app class ought to do it.