detect keypression when minimized and trayicon

Question

For my test I\'ve created a little program in C# to detect key presses with this code:

protected override void OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode          


        

Answer 1

Your form will only receive keypress events when it has focus, to receive other keypress events you would need to register a global hotkey.

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/180436-global-hotkeys/