Capture KeyPress events in a game

Venkatesh V

Hello all,

I am a beginner in C# and am currently writing a small program. This program would launch a game and wait in the back ground till the game is closed. While the game is running, the application has to perform certain functions whenever a specific key(F11) is pressed.

I am not able to figure out a way in which i could capture the keystroke when the game is running. I also want to find out how I can get the game resolution whenever F11 is hit. Could someone help me.

Thanks in advance.

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Venkatesh V15y ago
Sam, could you please let me know what is that you want to know.. obviously, I cannot explain the whole thing that I have in my mind. I am looking for some help here. If you could give some pointers on whatever you can,thats fine. I am not asking you to solve my problem neither am i asking you to code for me. Hope you get this right.
Sam Hobbs15y ago
Based on the information provided by you so far, you will never succeed. The problem cannot be solved without additional information. I am trying to make it as clear to you as I can that you must provide enough information for others to be able to help you.
Venkatesh V15y ago
I want to get the resolution in which the game is running when I hit some key. This piece of information would help a lot.
Sam Hobbs15y ago
Can you be more specific about what you need to do to get the information?
Venkatesh V15y ago
Great!! At least some discussion started here. Time to make myself more clear probably. I am using fraps to get the fps of a game but the frapslog.txt (i.e the log file with fps and other details) doesn't have the information that I need. One of the info that I need is to know which resolution the game is running in when i start recording the fps. Could someone help ?
Sam Hobbs15y ago
How do you know that he is only asking how to change the resolution? If that is what is needed, then he should have said that. Instead he said "certain functions" (plural). So I assume you are guessing, and guessing is good if it is an accurate guess. My guess is that he is writing a program that cheats the game, and that is why the question is so vague.
Suthish Nair15y ago
Sam,
He is asking for how to change the resolution when he hit F11 button.
Sam Hobbs15y ago
I prefer to keep that a secret so I can play the game better than you.