Next Button on Keyboard

[CheesyPoofs]

Ok well i have a next button on my computer for music like for example when i have itunes up i could just press that button on the keyboard and it would go to the next song. In order for it to work, itunes has to have focus and for that i have to open itunes and and then press the button. I was wondering if there is a way for me to make something that when i press that button it would automatically put itunes into focus and then unfocus it after. Or what i would like to do really is when im playing a video i would always have to tab + alt out of the game and do. I want it so i could just press that button and have it skip the song and not interupt the game play. How would i go about doing this. What i would really like to know is what i would have to research in order to accomplish this task. I never really looked into hooks, but thats what i think it is that would complete this task. If i am correct can you please give me some links about hooks and etc.

Thanks

[CheesyPoofs]

Umm...im not sure if this is aloud, but anyways

*Bump*

[TheCPUWizard]

You "could" (but I would strongly recommend against) implement a System Hook which detected the keystroke regardless of the active application....

The problem is what do you do when some other application wants (needs) to process that key?????? :rolleyes:

[scathenC]

hey cheesy,

cpuwizard is right, however i wouldn't worry about the system hook
thing blocking the use of that key to other apps.

Just make a little system hook program that intercepts key-presses
of that particular key. Give it a little dialog or something so that it
can be closed easily, then simply run it before you play games and
close it when you want to remove the hook.

C

[CheesyPoofs]

Okay thanks everyone for putting me on the right track.

[Mitsukai]

did you install your keyboard drivers