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Chapter 12. WH_KEYBOARD and WH_KEYBOARD_LL

This chapter deals first with the WH_KEYBOARD hook and then with the WH_KEYBOARD_LL hook. The LL stands for low-level. This chapter describes these hooks and discusses how keyboard messages are handled in the Windows messaging system. I will present examples using each hook.

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