Reading Keystrokes Using Windows Service

Question

Hi Techies,

I have some applications which I want to launch when user presses specific keys from the keyboard, and for this I want to use WndProc method.

I am successful in this in a WinForms application. I want to develop a Windows Service to achieve this.

I get the following errors while trying to use the code in a Windows Service.

1. RegHotKeys.CreateParams : no suitable method found to override

2. RegHotKeys.WndProc(ref Message) : no suitable method found to override

3. ServiceBase does not contain a definition for WndProc

4. ServiceBase does not contain a definition for CreateParams

Following is the code snippet:

protected override void WndProc(ref Message keyPressed)
{
Keys keyData = ((Keys)((int)((long)keyPressed.WParam))) | Control.ModifierKeys;

if (keyPressed.LParam.ToInt32() == hotKey1)
{
//ACTION 1
}
else if (keyPressed.LParam.ToInt32() == hotKey2)
{
//ACTION 2
}
else if (keyPressed.LParam.ToInt32() == hotKey3)
{
//ACTION 3
}
else if (keyPressed.LParam.ToInt32() == hotKey4)
{
//ACTION 4
}

base.WndProc(ref keyPressed);
}

protected override CreateParams CreateParams
{
get
{
var cp = base.CreateParams;
cp.ExStyle |= 0x80; // Turn on WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW
return cp;
}
}

So can anybody suggest what could be the possible solution to this please?