Hi Sean, I don't like using the onKeyDown events of the keyboard object; you have the potential of slowing down all processing, as every keystroke would have to flow through your app to be "ok'ed" before it then gets passed onto other apps and programs. This is the important difference between OnKeyDown and OnKeyProcessedDown, the processed version just gives you a copy of the key; you don't have the ability to stop other apps and programs from seeing that the key was pressed. If you're doing this from the keyboard object, this is every single key press, so if you must have the ability to stop a key, at least define a key object, and then use these events from the key object instead of the keyboard object; it will take a lot of processing load off of your app.
I think I have a scripting class on nothing except ways to handle keystrokes, and it goes over all of these methods (except there a new hotkey type added by AI very recently, where you can specify the priority of your app). Hth, Chip Chip Orange Florida Public Service Commission Computer Systems Analyst 850-413-6314 -----Original Message----- From: Scripting [mailto:scripting-bounces+corange=psc.state.fl...@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Sean Farrow via Scripting Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 3:58 PM To: scripting@lists.window-eyes.com Subject: Layered keystrokes Importance: High Hi, I'm trying to create a script that uses a set of layered keystrokes. I have come up with a few ways of doing this: Firstly use a hotkey and set a global variable, creating more hotkeys and checking whether the global variable is set in these keystroke handlers. Secondly, I could use either the OnKeyDown or OnKeyProcessedDown methods of the Keyboard object. What is the difference between these two event handlers/when should each be used? Is there any other way of doing this that I haven't thought about? Any advice appreciated. Kind regards Sean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com/attachments/20160329/54e45f05/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com/corange%40psc.state.fl.us. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/scripting-window-eyes.com
