Peter
Thu Feb 26 02:15:46 CST 2004
Oh dear, have I been complicating things slightly here :-)
I realized that all I need to do is append the special character to the
controls text property, I don't need to send any keyboard-events :-) Since
the Ctrl_KeyDown event handler gives me the sender control, I can simply add
the char to it's text.
Instead I am trying to find out how to determine if the control is editable,
i.e. a control that can receive input text such as textbox and combobox. The
keydown event handler handles events from all different controls, and I
don't want to send the char to a buttons or forms text property :-)
/ Peter
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey_no_spam@instrument_no_spam.com> wrote in
message news:ermh8q8%23DHA.4012@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> It depends on what is being sent. The process of converting a scan code
to
> the actual character that is to be returned *is* handled by the keyboard
> driver. I don't know what will happen if you generate a scan code that is
> not in the list that the driver knows about, for example.
>
> The SIP is a special case. I guess that you might be able to figure out
> what the SIP code does when you return a character to it and try to do the
> same thing...
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Peter B" <peter@data.se> wrote in message
> news:ekdbmO8%23DHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Toby, thanks for your help!
> >
> > As it seems, Alt+1+3+4, which should return the swedish char å, only
> returns
> > a square symbol. So generating the special chars directly from the
> keyboard
> > doesn't seem to work. But I don't think that is what you suggested. I
will
> > investigate how you send the "Alt-down, NUM1-d/u, NUM2-d/u, NUM3-d/u,
> > Alt-up"-sequence with the keybd_event-method, as it is now I have no
idea
> > how to do that :)
> >
> > The keyboard-driver shouldn't matter in this case. I mean, I am getting
a
> > key event of any sort (for example "Ctrl + A" to simulate Å), and after
> > checking that I have a text-control in focus, send some sort of signal
> > (using keybd_event or any other method??) to create the swedish char
(just
> > like the SIP does ). Thinking about it, it shouldn't be too hard, just
> have
> > to find the correct method, or?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey_no_spam@instrument_no_spam.com> wrote in
> > message news:OyR6fI7%23DHA.552@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Peter,
> > >
> > > I've not done it this way (I've always modified the keyboard driver),
> but
> > > you should be able to generate a given key code with Alt+<#>+<#>+<#>,
as
> > > long as the character is in the ASCII code range, which I think those
> are.
> > > This is the equivalent of holding down the Alt key and pressing the
> number
> > > keys on the numeric keypad to generate a code. You'll need to make
sure
> > > that the characters that you send are in the right order (Alt goes
down,
> > > then numeric keypad first number down, then up, etc., finally Alt goes
> > up).
> > >
> > > Alternatively, you may be able to use PostKeybdMessage() to send the
> > Unicode
> > > key directly, but I think that, without the keyboard driver knowing
> about
> > > Swedish, that probably won't work. There are a lot of little things
> that
> > > you can try with it, though, so maybe I'm wrong about that.
> > >
> > > Paul T.
> > >
> > > "Peter B" <peter@data.se> wrote in message
> > > news:OPHs166%23DHA.2660@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > You may have missed the line "...hardware keyboard..." :)
> > > >
> > > > I am not talking about the SIP, but as it can produce national chars
I
> > am
> > > > sure I could from my code :) Maybe I could use the api's behind the
> SIP?
> > > >
> > > > / P
> > > >
> > > > "éric" <eric@westgen.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:O3mxIs6%23DHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Are there not third party keyboards that type International
> > characters?
> > > > > this might be an option
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://ectaco.com/software/item.php3?refid=0&rfr_id=1&rqt_id=2&pagelang=23&lang=19&softid=306&scat=7
> > > > > or
> > > > >
>
http://swedish.pocket-pc.penreader.com/Language_Extender_Swedish.html
> > > > >
> > > > > éric
> > > > >
> > > > > "Peter B" <peter@data.se> wrote in message
> > > > > news:OsUif75%23DHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am using VS and C# to create an application in which I want
the
> > user
> > > > to
> > > > > be
> > > > > > able to type swedish characters with the hardware keyboard.
Since
> > the
> > > > > > keyboard doesn't have any of those keys I was hoping to produce
> the
> > > > > swedish
> > > > > > characters from my code after I receive a certain key value from
> the
> > > > user.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am using keybd_event from coredll.dll but I don't understand
how
> I
> > > can
> > > > > > produce a character of my own liking. I can't find the swedish
> > > > characters
> > > > > > (or any other special chars) in the list below of virtual keys
> > codes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > keybd_event(byte bVk, byte bScan, int dwFlags, int dwExtraInfo):
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
[
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceui40/ht
> > > > > > ml/cerefKeybd_event.asp]
> > > > > > Virtual Key Codes:
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
[
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceui40/ht
> > > > > > ml/cerefvirtualkeycodes.asp]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is the key codes in the list above the only chars that can be
> > > > synthezised
> > > > > > with the keybd_event method? Is there another method that can be
> > used
> > > to
> > > > > > send more general (ASCII, Unicode) chars???
> > > > > >
> > > > > > regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Peter
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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