#This works! We have global keyboard hook for hotkey, ctrl+a. use strict; use warnings; use Win32::GUI; use Win32::API; use Win32::API::Callback; $| = 1; # From PlatformSDK/Include/WinUser.h use constant MOD_CONTROL => 2; use constant KEY_A => ord('A'); use constant MY_HOTKEY_ID => 99; use constant { # Codes for SetWindowHook WH_GETMESSAGE => 3, WH_KEYBOARD => 2, # Window Messages WM_HOTKEY => 0x0312, ### # Hook Codes ### HC_ACTION => 0, ### HC_GETNEXT => 1, ### HC_SKIP => 2, ### HC_NOREMOVE => 3, ### HC_SYSMODALON => 4, ### HC_SYSMODALOFF => 5, ### ### # PeekMessage() Options ### PM_NOREMOVE => 0x0000, ### PM_REMOVE => 0x0001, ### PM_NOYIELD => 0x0002, }; sub WindowProc { my ( $nCode, $wParam, $lParam ) = @_; # See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/messagesandmessagequeues/messagesandmessagequeuesreference/messageandmessagequeuestructures/msg.asp # typedef struct { # HWND hwnd; # UINT message; # WPARAM wParam; # Unsigned # LPARAM lParam; # Signed # DWORD time; # POINT pt; # } MSG, *PMSG; my ( $msg_hwnd, $msg_message, $msg_wParam, $msg_lParam, $msg_time, $msg_pt ) = unpack 'L L L l L L ', unpack( 'P24', pack('L', $lParam) ); # print "\n\nTime:", $msg_time; # print "\nMsg_lparam", $msg_lParam; #Hotkey code to run if ( $msg_message == WM_HOTKEY ) { #print "\a**************************\n"; system("notepad.exe"); } print "\nMessage:", $msg_message; CallNextHookEx( 0, $nCode, $wParam, $lParam ); } my $WinProc = Win32::API::Callback->new( \&WindowProc, 'NNN', 'N' ); Win32::API->Import( kernel32 => GetCurrentThreadId => '', 'N' ) or die; Win32::API->Import( user32 => SetWindowsHookEx => 'NKNN', 'N' ) or die; Win32::API->Import( user32 => CallNextHookEx => 'PNNN', 'N' ) or die; Win32::API->Import( user32 => RegisterHotKey => 'NNNN', 'N' ) or die; Win32::API->Import( user32 => UnregisterHotKey => 'NN', 'N' ) or die; my $ThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId() or die; print "\nThreadID:", $ThreadId; SetWindowsHookEx( WH_GETMESSAGE, $WinProc, 0, $ThreadId ) or die $^E; #SetWindowsHookEx( WH_KEYBOARD, $WinProc, 0, $ThreadId ) or die $^E; my $mw_win32 = Win32::GUI::Window->new( -name => 'MainWindow', -title => 'This is a test!', -width => 100, -height => 100, -pos => [ -400, -400 ] ); $mw_win32->Show(); $mw_win32->Hide(); my $mw_handle = $mw_win32->GetActiveWindow(); RegisterHotKey( $mw_handle, MY_HOTKEY_ID, MOD_CONTROL, KEY_A ) or die $^E; Win32::GUI::Dialog(); # print "done"; UnregisterHotKey( $mw_handle, MY_HOTKEY_ID ) or die $^E;