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Reading media keys using .NET Keyboard class

by: Active Participant
‎10-05-2016 03:08 PM
Last Edited by: Active Participant PiDi ‎01-30-2017 10:57 AM

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Overview

Media buttons, like play/pause, mute, etc., are not available in LabVIEWs event structure or low-level Input Device Control VIs. This is a VI that shows the method of capturing their state using .NET Keyboard class.

Inspired by this thread: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Capture-Media-Keyboard-Keys/m-p/3284892

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See the VI.

dotNET keyboard.png

Requirements

Software

VI made in LabVIEW 2015 SP1

Requires .NET Framework 3.0 or greater.

Hardware

Multimedia keyboard If you're using laptop, you probably have at least Mute and Volume Up/Down buttons.


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