Re: Eu2.1: how disable special WINDOWS keys?
Umm,, something is banging on the back of my head, telling me that windows traps
these with a special handler. I don't remember how, and can't seem to find data
on it.
To find help on ansi.sys, in a dos window type "help ansi". I can send you more
info,
but it's all dos-based, pre-win3.x.
Another thought, can you trap int10 (09h), the bios keybd handler, which gets
the input
before dos gets it? Or int16h? Remember, DOS is just a series of functions
overlaying
the bios, which does the real work for dos. Using the hardware/bios interrupts
may not
work the same on all computers, most noteably semi-proprietary systems like
Osbourne, HP, Bell, etc., or all pre-pentium-class boxes, such as XT's or any
386
puter.
Kat
On 28 Aug 2000, at 21:51, Dan B Moyer wrote:
> 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
>
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