OpenEuphoria

Re: registerHotKey problem

• Posted by Andy Drummond <andy at kestre?tele?com> Sep 16, 2007
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don cole wrote:
> 
> Andy Drummond wrote:
> > 
> > Two problems, actually. 
> > 1)  registerHotKey() only seems to work with printable keys, like Alt-X,
> >     but not with Alt-PageUp for example. Is this right? Can I make it work
> >     with unprintable (!) keys?
> > 2)  I want a hot key to work whatever program is running. I have seen
> > programs
> >     that do this, so it is possible, but I don't know how to do it. I want a
> >     simple pop-up notepad affair for telephone call records.  And no, I know
> >     I can get such programs, but I want to write my own - how else do I
> >     learn?
> > 
> > Any ideas, gentlemen?
> > 
> > Andy
> 
> Hello Andy,
> 
>    I don't know where you got registerHotkey() from?
>  I don't see it ihn any of the Euphoria docs.
> 
>    I do know I that use 
> Euphoria for all my program writing and AutoHotkey (another program (free))
> for all my hotkey strokes. I seem to work well with Euphoria. You don't have
> to write any programs in it (you can, a scripting language) just the
> keystrokes.
> Google it it's free and simple.
> 
> Don Cole

Yeah, I should have said it's in Win32Lib, which Craig saw.
So no simple answer except that I could use AutoHotkey.
I will Google for that, but I really want my program to do the
hot key business all by itself.
So thanks Don, a useful but temporary answer!
Andy