Get System Wide KeyUp event

[false74]

Currently I am able to see if a key is currently pressed via the GetAsyncKeyState function. Currently I just simply have a timer running in the background that constantly checks if a certain key is pressed in order to run a command. However my issue is if the user holds down the key it will continually run that bit of code over and over per timer tick. Is there a way or another function to detect a keyup or keypress only. This is my current code to detect keys:

        Public Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Windows.Forms.Keys) As Integer
        Public ReadOnly Property CurrKey(ByVal key As Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean
            Get
                Return CBool(GetAsyncKeyState(key))
            End Get
        End Property

 

[Paszt]

What you need is a low level keyboard hook. A quick google search lead me to this article which looks promising, but I didn't go through the code: [VB.net] Keyboard Hook Class