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Re: Eu2.1: how disable special WINDOWS keys?

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Aug 28, 2000
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On 28 Aug 2000, at 23:37, wolfgang fritz wrote:

> ... ummmm
> maybe someone could ask Mr. David Cuny if this might be a job for
> returnValue() ?
> ... that's assuming this is a win32lib program.
>
> > I'm starting to re-do a kid's "keybanger" program I started but didn't
> > finish a while back, & I just realized that there are "special" keys on
> > newer keyboards that activate WINDOWS stuff, (like the start menu,
> simulated
> > right mouse click), which I *can't* have happening for a kid banging away
> on
> > the keyboard (not just mine, but any who might use the program);
> >  so does anyone know how can I DISABLE those keys from functioning????

I haven't tried this in windoze, but you might try running ansi.sys with those
keys
remapped to the space key or some other harmless key.

Kat