Not possible to run on Console

[JPVenson]

Hey,

I Tried to install a hook from a Console and simply nothing happens.

                _keyListener = new KeyboardHookListener(new GlobalHooker());
                _keyListener.Enabled = true;
                _keyListener.KeyPress += KeyListenerOnKeyPress;

the event is never invoked. Could you please add support for Non Windows Forms/WPF Applications?

regards

[paralin]

Confirmed nothing works here.

[gmamaladze]

I remember we have investigated that issue before. The result was that a windows handle is required to install hooks. We could do further investigation and document results on wiki under FAQ.

[yankejustin]

I believe this is similar to an issue we had with our implementation of a keylogging feature. Our client application was using ShellExecute = true when starting the process. To get this working, we called ApplicationContext _msgLoop = new ApplicationContext(); Application.Run(_msgLoop); on the thread creating the class that interacts with the key hook logic. The console application just doesn't have a message pipe to output to; you need to start it yourself.

[asulwer]

will this work with ServiceBase.Run()

[arcadeblast]

Is there still no support for console programs?

[tofutim]

In case anyone runs into this, here is a sample that works

class Program
{
    static IKeyboardMouseEvents _hook;

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ApplicationContext msgLoop = new ApplicationContext();

        _hook = Hook.GlobalEvents();
        _hook.KeyDown += _hook_KeyDown;

        Application.Run(msgLoop);
    }

    private static void _hook_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("key {0}", e.KeyCode);

        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.X)
        {
            Application.Exit();
        }
    }
}

[ihorbond]

@tofutim have you by any chance tried to make this work with background service ?