Global keyboard hook with WH_KEYBOARD_LL and keybd_event (windows)

Question

I am trying to write a simple global keyboard hook program to redirect some keys. For example, when the program is executed, I press \'a\' on the keyboard, the program can d

Answer 1

Your callback function execute twice because of WM_KEYDOWN and WM_KEYUP. When you down a key of your keyboard, windows calls the callback function with WM_KEYDOWN message and when you release the key, windows calls the callback function with WM_KEYUP message. That's why your callback function execute twice.

You should change your switch statement to this:

switch (wParam)
{
    case WM_KEYDOWN:
    case WM_SYSKEYDOWN:
    case WM_KEYUP:
    case WM_SYSKEYUP:
        PKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT p = (PKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT)lParam;
        if (fEatKeystroke = (p->vkCode == 0x41))  //redirect a to b
        {     
            printf("Hello a\n");

            if ( (wParam == WM_KEYDOWN) || (wParam == WM_SYSKEYDOWN) ) // Keydown
            {
                keybd_event('B', 0, 0, 0);
            }
            else if ( (wParam == WM_KEYUP) || (wParam == WM_SYSKEYUP) ) // Keyup
            {
                keybd_event('B', 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
            }
            break;
        }
        break;
}

About your second question, I think you have already got from @Ivan Danilov answer.