Capture a KeyPress To Show A Form

[Erick_Asas]

Hi,

I have a process that displays a Config Form and executes activities based on the selected values. These values are saved in a database and is retrieved when the process is restarted to act as default values in the Config Form.

I am planning to show this Config Form only when certain keys are pressed, say CTRL+S. When the process starts, if it detects a CTRL+S, it shows the Config Form, else, it will bypass the form and continue to the next process.

So how can I detect CTRL+S during the execution?

[Anil_G (Anil Gorthi)]

@Erick_Asas

Welcome to the community

You can try using local trigger events

but try choosing a different trigger as this is used for many things

cheers

[Erick_Asas]

Hi Anil Gorthi,

Can you show me an example on how to go about it?

I’ve tried using the trigger scope and a hotkey local trigger but it seems it does not do conform to what i want.

Below is the general flow of my process. Hope you can help.

[Erick_Asas]

Okay. I’ve found a workaround by using the Parallel activity and using the trigger scope(set to OneTime) and a hotkey trigger activity.

When no key is pressed between the detection period, I triggered the hotkey using the SendKeys.SendWait(String) method and perform some evaluation to set the bDetected variable value.

Thanks.