You can register a global hotkey with the
RegisterHotKey function,
but one problem many people have is that if the
user presses and holds the hotkey sequence,
the hotkey will be invoked as fast as auto-repeat
will let it.
For some types of hotkeys, this is not desirable.
How do you prevent this?
Starting in Windows 7,
you can pass the
MOD_ flag
to the
NOREPEATRegisterHotKey function
to tell it not to generate
WM_ messages
if the hotkey activation sequences was triggered by autorepeat.
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The initial press of the hotkey will generate a
WM_ message,
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