Receive HotKey events with QAbstractEventDispatcher?

Hello Qt experts,

I have created an add-on for a game (I use Visual Studio 2008 C++ and Qt 4.6.2.). It works fine!

Now I want to receive events from keystrokes when in-game (non-windows mode?!). The solution I have made works, but only when the game is not running :(
I think it has something to do with the events not being sent to my window any more, so I would like to dig deeper into the Windows event-mechanism.

The code I made is this:

Class-Header:

Code:

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#ifndef FACEAPP_H
#define FACEAPP_H
 
#include <QApplication>
 
class FaceApp : public QApplication
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    FaceApp( int &argc, char **argv ) : QApplication( argc, argv ) {}
    ~FaceApp() {}
 
	void SetupEventFilter( MyClass *window );
 
protected:
    bool winEventFilter( MSG * msg, long * result );
 
};
 
#endif					//  FACEAPP_H

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Implementation:

Code:

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#include "FaceApp.h"
#include "windows.h"
#include <QDebug>
 
//
// Override the Application MessageFilter, to receive messages from the game(s)
//
bool FaceApp::winEventFilter( MSG * msg, long * result )
{
	int msgType = msg->message;  // test line
 
	if (msgType == WM_HOTKEY) {
		switch ( msg->wParam ) {
			case 777:
				qDebug() << "FaceApp::winEventFilter says: HOME pressed";
				break;
			case 778:
				qDebug() << "FaceApp::winEventFilter says: END pressed";
				break;
			default:
				qDebug() << "FaceApp::winEventFilter says: unknown HotKey pressed";
				break;
		}
	}
	return( false );
}
 
//
// Setup the EventFilter
//
void FaceApp::SetupEventFilter( MyClass *window ) {
 
	if ( RegisterHotKey( window->winId(), 777, MOD_WIN, VK_HOME ) ) {
		qDebug() << "FaceApp::SetupEventFilter says: RegisterHotKey HOME =" << VK_HOME;
	}
	if ( RegisterHotKey( window->winId(), 778, MOD_WIN, VK_END ) ) {
		qDebug() << "FaceApp::SetupEventFilter says: RegisterHotKey END =" << VK_END;
	}
 
	QAbstractEventDispatcher *evtdis = QAbstractEventDispatcher::instance();
	if (evtdis != NULL) {
		qDebug() << "FaceApp::SetupEventFilter says: EventDispatcher found!";
	}
 
}

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Main:

Code:

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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	FaceApp a(argc, argv);
 
	//
	// Create the Main Window and DeskTop and Exec!
	//
	MyClass w;
	a.SetupEventFilter(&w);
 
	QDesktopWidget desktop;
    w.move(desktop.screenGeometry().width()/2-w.width()/2, 10);
	w.show();
    qApp->exec();
 
	return 0;
}

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When I run my program, the HotKey events do arrive fine. If I minimize my main-window, they still do. After starting another program, like Outlook, the HotKeys still make it through. However, when I start the game and press the HotKeys, nothing arrives any more.

The Help of winEventFilter suggests I use the QAbstractEventDispatcher to receive system wide keystrokes. As you can see I have tried it, but don't know how to proceed. Calling the instance(), I can. But the what? Where do I put the code for receiving the events?

Any help is appreciated!

Well Guys and Girls :(

Thanks, but No Thanks! Nobody has a clue? No problemo, I fixed it myself...
If you need to get keyboard-input, no matter what the status of your application or window?: use DirectInput!
This helped me on the way: http://www.directxtutorial.com/Tutor...put/dx9E1.aspx