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

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Aug 28, 2000
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Kat,

Ok, since I'm not trying to do it in Windows, I'm interested; but how would
I use ansi.sys?  In case it relates, I don't know the scan codes for those
keys, as they don't seem to go through the "get_keys()" routine.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Eu2.1: how disable special WINDOWS keys?


> 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