Capturing keystrokes?

[Archolm]

Hello all, I'm almost done with my little pet project, a custom jingles jukebox, but now that I'm reading up on registering keystrokes (specifically the num pad) its giving me more trouble then I would like. From what I understand its impossible to have the Form register any keystrokes if its not the front process right? And if I'm correct the easiest way would be to use a separate background taskbar daemon (not sure about the name for it)? Lastly is there anyone so kind as to point me in the right direction for a tutorial or sample program that targets this problem?