how to create non window bound keyboard shortcuts

Question

I\'m creating a C# application, could be WinForm, but preferably console application, which needs to capture keyboard shortcuts even when the application is not in the foregroun

Answer 1

One possible approach would be to use Windows Hooks. But in order to do that you would need to create a native DLL, and in it write your callback function to install as a hook.

Lookup SetWindowsHookEx for a starting point. There are also lots of online samples on how to use it.