[comp.windows.ms.programmer] circumventing windows' keyboard interrupt handler?

gsisson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Glenn Sisson) (11/06/90)

Is there any method to install a keyboard interrupt handler while
running inside of Windows 3.0?

Primarily I would like to be able to have my Alt and Cntl keys
remapped, etc, but Windows installs its own interrupt handler when
you enter it that appears to be nonconfigurable (other than key
repeat rate).  It uninstalls this when running DOS applications,
which is fine, but how does one remap keys inside of Windows?
(running a TSR before windows, or from within windows won't work, as
windows loads and unloads its handler when invoking and closing other
programs.

Do the various Windows development kits have libraries for accessing
and modifing such details from within a Windows program?

Secondarily I would like to remap the ^h key to send 'backspace'
since Windows (and other programs like Quattro Pro) treat ^h
differently, and print the PC character glyph for ascii 8, instead of
handling it as ^h.

Thanks much for any help,
--- glenn