If you are familiar with Eclipse there is a full working example Eclipse project that can be found here Eclipse Example. In Eclipse just navigate to File->Import->Existing Project Into Workspace and you are ready to go.

1. Make sure JIntellitype.dll is in your PATH or in \Windows\System32.

2. Initialize a JIntellitype object. // Initialize JIntellitype ... JIntellitype.getInstance(); ... // OPTIONAL: check to see if an instance of this application is already // running, use the name of the window title of this JFrame for checking if (JIntellitype.checkInstanceAlreadyRunning("MyApp")) { LOG.error("An instance of this application is already running"); System.exit(1); }

3. To listen to hotkey's, you need to register the combinations to listen for. // Assign global hotkeys to Windows+A and ALT+SHIFT+B JIntellitype.getInstance().registerHotKey(1, JIntellitype.MOD_WIN, (int)'A'); JIntellitype.getInstance().registerHotKey(2, JIntellitype.MOD_ALT + JIntellitype.MOD_SHIFT, (int)'B'); //or you can use the Swing constants instead JIntellitype.getInstance().registerSwingHotKey(3, Event.CTRL_MASK + Event.SHIFT_MASK, (int)'C'); // To unregister them just call unregisterHotKey with the unique identifier JIntellitype.getInstance().unregisterHotKey(1); JIntellitype.getInstance().unregisterHotKey(2); JIntellitype.getInstance().unregisterHotKey(3);

4. Make sure to add a HotKeyListener and implement the interface. //assign this class to be a HotKeyListener JIntellitype.getInstance().addHotKeyListener(this); // listen for hotkey public void onHotKey(int aIdentifier) { if (aIdentifier == 1) System.out.println("WINDOWS+A hotkey pressed"); } }

5. To use Intellitype commands implement the IntellitypeListener interface. //assign this class to be a IntellitypeListener JIntellitype.getInstance().addIntellitypeListener(this); // listen for intellitype play/pause command public void onIntellitype(int aCommand) { switch (aCommand) { case JIntellitype.APPCOMMAND_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE: System.out.println("Play/Pause message received " + Integer.toString(aCommand)); break; default: System.out.println("Undefined INTELLITYPE message caught " + Integer.toString(aCommand)); break; } }

6. Don't forget to call the cleanup method to release the DLL resources. // Termination, make sure to call before exiting ... JIntellitype.getInstance().cleanUp(); System.exit(0);