> I need to know when the user turns on/off the backlight while my application
> is running. According to hardware.h, the virtual key backlightChr is sent
> when a change of backlightstate is requested.
>
> I tried to catch this virtual key in my formeventhandler, but I never
> recieved it. After a while, i figured out that the event is swallowed by
> SysHandleEvent. If I put the call to my virtualkeysHandler in the
> AppEventLoop before SysHandleEvent (see code below), I get the
> backlightChr-event. I'd rather put the call where it should be, in the
> formeventhandler.
>
> What do I need to do to prevent SysHandleEvent from swallowing the
> backlightChr-event?
this is ok.. but what you should do is call it something like:
PreSystemApplicationHandleEvent()
it is not bad to do this at all.. in fact.. for what you are doing
it may be required :) just make sure you dont trap something you
should not be doing :>>
az
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