Dave,
Thanks for the info. I used the polling method with the KeyCurrentState()
function to get it to work.
Regards,
Mike McCollister
--- Dave Lippincott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One method: You could use the keyDown event to get notified when a hard key
> is pressed. I would then start polling the key to see when its released.
> Read about the Key Manager in the SDK docs for specific functions. The
> Reptoids source included in the SDK may help.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike McCollister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:48 AM
> Subject: How to Detect if a hard key is pressed
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am working on an application that will use the hard keys as a means of
> input.
> > In my test code, I want to be able to press a hard key and have the
> device
> > beep until I lift the hard key. I can sense if a hard key is pressed by
> doing
> > this:
> >
> > // handle pressing of hard keys
> > if(event.eType == keyDownEvent) {
> > if(TxtCharIsHardKey(event.data.keyDown.modifiers,
> > event.data.keyDown.chr)) {
> > switch(event.data.keyDown.chr) {
> > case vchrHard1:
> > case vchrHard2:
> > case vchrHard3:
> > case vchrHard4:
> > bGotHardKey = true;
> > break;
> >
> > default:
> > break;
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > // handle any system events
> > if(bGotHardKey == false)
> > if(SysHandleEvent(&event))
> > continue;
> >
> > in my event loop. I can then handle what to do with the hard key in my
> > AppHandleEvent routine. I can even detect if the key is pressed down for
> a
> > long time using the autoRepeatKeyMask. However, I don't know how to
> detect
> > when the key is lifted (or unpressed). There seems to be no event for
> when a
> > key is no longer pressed. Any ideas on how to do that?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike McCollister
> >
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