#include static HWND g_hFrameWindow = (HWND)0; // NB. __stdcall (or WINAPI) and extern "C": // . symbol is decorated as _@bytes // . so use the #pragma to create an undecorated alias for our symbol extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) LRESULT CALLBACK LowLevelKeyboardProc( _In_ int nCode, _In_ WPARAM wParam, _In_ LPARAM lParam) { #pragma comment(linker, "/EXPORT:" __FUNCTION__ "=" __FUNCDNAME__) if (nCode == HC_ACTION) { bool suppress = false; PKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT pKbdLlHookStruct = (PKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT) lParam; UINT newMsg = pKbdLlHookStruct->flags & LLKHF_UP ? WM_KEYUP : WM_KEYDOWN; LPARAM newlParam = newMsg == WM_KEYUP ? 3<<30 : 0; // b31:transition state, b30:previous key state // Note about PostMessage() and use of VkKeyScan(): // . Convert the ascii code to virtual key code, so that the message pump can do TranslateMessage() // . NB. From MSDN for "WM_KEYDOWN" && "WM_KEYUP" : "Applications must pass wParam to TranslateMessage without altering it at all." // Suppress alt-tab if (pKbdLlHookStruct->vkCode == VK_TAB && (pKbdLlHookStruct->flags & LLKHF_ALTDOWN)) { PostMessage(g_hFrameWindow, newMsg, LOBYTE(VkKeyScan(0x09)), newlParam); suppress = true; } // Suppress alt-escape if (pKbdLlHookStruct->vkCode == VK_ESCAPE && (pKbdLlHookStruct->flags & LLKHF_ALTDOWN)) { PostMessage(g_hFrameWindow, newMsg, LOBYTE(VkKeyScan(0x1B)), newlParam); suppress = true; } // Suppress alt-space if (pKbdLlHookStruct->vkCode == VK_SPACE && (pKbdLlHookStruct->flags & LLKHF_ALTDOWN)) { PostMessage(g_hFrameWindow, newMsg, LOBYTE(VkKeyScan(0x20)), newlParam); suppress = true; } // Suppress ctrl-escape bool ControlDown = (GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) & 0x8000) != 0; if (pKbdLlHookStruct->vkCode == VK_ESCAPE && ControlDown) suppress = true; // Suppress keys by returning 1 if (suppress) return 1; } return CallNextHookEx(0/*parameter is ignored*/, nCode, wParam, lParam); } extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void __cdecl RegisterHWND(HWND hWnd) { g_hFrameWindow = hWnd; }