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Checking key pressed
Hi, I'm using Win32 API making a desktop gadget.
This gadget can work in the background.
When it is working in the background, it has an idle timer.
I wish to reset this idle timer when user pressed a key or moved a mouse.
For mouse, I used GetCursorPos to check if mouse moved, and it work properly.
However, I don't know how to check if a key on keyboard is pressed.
The problem is, when gadget is in background, it is not focus.
So I can't use message to get key input. I Google search around and it seems that hooking the keyboard is the only way. But I don't really want to do that.
Is there any other way checking if a key was pressed when the window is not in focus? Something similar to GetCursorPos.
This gadget can work in the background.
When it is working in the background, it has an idle timer.
I wish to reset this idle timer when user pressed a key or moved a mouse.
For mouse, I used GetCursorPos to check if mouse moved, and it work properly.
However, I don't know how to check if a key on keyboard is pressed.
The problem is, when gadget is in background, it is not focus.
So I can't use message to get key input. I Google search around and it seems that hooking the keyboard is the only way. But I don't really want to do that.
Is there any other way checking if a key was pressed when the window is not in focus? Something similar to GetCursorPos.
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