[Tutorial]Using Hotkeys VB 08

**Pixie** · 10-24-2009

This first did not work for me, when I had Windows XP Home edition, but now I have Windows XP Professional Edition, and now the hotkeys work!

So here is a tutorial.

First add these to your form

Code:

1 TextBox
1 Timer

Change Timer1 to Enabled = True

Code:

Code:

Public Class Form1
    Public Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
    Dim result As Integer

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        If GetAsyncKeyState(Keys.F8) Then
            MsgBox("Hotkeys - Working")
        End If
    End Sub

And if that does not work, then try this one:

Code:

Public Class Form1
    Public Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user64" (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer
    Dim result As Integer

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        If GetAsyncKeyState(Keys.F8) Then
            MsgBox("Hotkeys - Working")
        End If
    End Sub

If you have any problems, PM me, and make sure to tell me what you got in the error list. *DO NOT POST HERE TO TELL ME IF PROBLEMS, I MAY NOT READ THIS MUCH!*