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Article #15418Re: Keybd_event with an Ansi Code
From: Josh Kirkpatrick
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 03:55
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 03:55
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> > I have a string ("VK_A") and I would like to use
> > keybd_event with this character. How to I convert
> > the string to a BYTE, so it can be passed as bVk?
>
> Do you mean that you are accepting such a string as input from the user or
a
> file or such, and need to translate it?
I'm getting it from an input file...
> If so, then you have to write your own parsing algorithm for that, or else
use a lookup table instead.
I was afraid of that; I had hoped that there was a handy-dandy function
already out there for this purpose....
> Either way, actually there is no actual VK_A define that is declared,
> despite what the API documentation suggests. You need to use an actual
'A'
> character instead, or make your own define manually:
Thanks for the help -- I'll give that a shot.
~Josh
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