Chip, you read my mind - that is almost exactly what I implemented yesterday afternoon. It was really easy to do and it works a treat.
Jeremy > On 11 Nov 2019, at 15:06, Chip Scheide <[email protected]> wrote: > > another option - depending on your view of doing this... is Code > injection. > > At startup of the host (will have to be started at least once > interpretedly) > you copy the code for the event call method into a method in the host. > > it looks something like this (interpreted host and component): > METHOD GET CODE(<method_to_inject>) > METHOD SET CODE(<Source_code>;<Host_New_Method_Name>) > > Alternatively (compiled component and interpreted host): > - At component shut down, write the method(s) to be injected to disk as > text (I use the resources folder) > - at host or component startup read the text files > METHOD SET CODE(<code_from_text_file>;<Host_New_Method_Name>) > > Chip > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:07:01 +0000, Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech wrote: >> I’d like to have a method set by ON EVENT CALL to live in a >> component. It works, in that the method is called on each event, but >> the system variables Modifiers and KeyCode are undefined so testing >> for the event itself is tricky. >> >> I can get round the absence of Modifiers by using Macintosh control >> down, but I’m not sure how I get the keystroke that triggered the >> event. >> >> Is it possible? >> >> Jeremy ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
