Switch Refresh Rate Depending On Got Focus?

[crazyfool]

I dont know if this is possible but i thought i'd at least ask. i'm fairly new to programming but i can use java, vb and c++ well enough... basically i need to write a program that can execute keyboard commands such as ctrl+shift+1 when a certain program has focus... this isn't a project or anything like that but its actually for my htpc... i've had a quick google and cant find a program to do this that isn't free so i'm thinking maybe i can write my own... basically when powerdvd has focus i want to have keyboard commands executed to switch to the 24p profile and then if it doesn't have focus then switch back to the 50hz profile by a keyboard shortcut... All i actually want to know is, is this possible for a novice at programming and can anyone refer me to any instructions or guides i can could use... or not lol... yes or no will do...

[manwithnoname]

In theory yes (I spend a few years programming with the WIN32 API my understanding of this suggests it should be possible, but technically I have not tried it) - I wouldn't try it as a novice.

Read this some of this if you are feeling lucky http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...90(VS.85).aspx

GetForegroundWindow - some how you need to use this function determine if powerdvd is the foreground window (possibly using GetClassName)

PostMessage - hopefully you can use this function to send the keyboard messages to the powerdvd window.

Hopefully some else can suggest a better way to do it.