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MCL System-wide hotkey component

The MCL Hotkey component is a .NET component which allows you to react to a specified hotkey combination on a system wide basis.

Key features

The control raises an event whenever the hotkey combination is pressed, whether the application has the input focus or not.

Events

HotkeyPressed

The hotkey combination has been pressed.

  Private Sub SystemWideHotkeyComponent1_HotkeyPressed(ByVal sender As Object, _
          ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles SystemWideHotkeyComponent1.HotkeyPressed
    
    '\\ The key comination of this component was pressed
    Debug.WriteLine("You pressed CTRL+B")
    
  End Sub

Classes

SystemWideHotkeyComponent

The component that raises an event when the hotkey combination is pressed.

HotkeyEventArgs

Provides additional information about the hotkey pressed.

Licensing and distribution

The control is currently in Beta release

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System Requirements

• The hotkey component requires Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP or 2003
• Requires the Microsoft .NET framework 1.0