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Re: Still working on the keyboard: is this function available in E=

• Posted by "paul larmuseau" <plarmuseau at pandora.be> Dec 22, 2003
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Hi Kate

i am simply trying to find some source code, to study how we could do the
keyboardwriting

I suggest your 32bit remark is right, but i suppose the 'source' code i
found is or obsolete, or since the ASCI table is 8bit it doesn't matter ?

This is another nifty C++ code, wonder if this is translateable ?

/*
    Turbo C Technical Support Notes:
        Stuff the keyboard buffer with characters.

    Created:
        7/1/88

    Revision History:
*/

#include <dos.h>
#include <string.h>

#define START_BUF  30
main()
{
  int i;
  int len;
  static char s[] =3D "dir\r";

  int far *kbhead  =3D MK_FP(0x40,26);
  int far *kbtail  =3D MK_FP(0x40,28);
  int far *kbuffer =3D MK_FP(0x40,30);

  len =3D strlen(s);

  *kbhead =3D START_BUF;
  *kbtail =3D START_BUF+(len<<1);
  for (i=3D0; i<len; i++)
 kbuffer[i] =3D s[i];

}
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From: "Hayden McKay" <hmck1 at dodo.com.au>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: Still working on the keyboard: is this function available in
Euphoria??


>
>
> Isn't the keyboard buffer 32 bytes long starting at 0040:001E  (#41E)?
> Or is the 32 Byte word at 0040:001E just the start position of keyb
buffer?
> How did you get 16 bytes long?
>
> I would like some help on this one as I have been stuck writing keyb
buffer
> stuff in the past because of some confution here.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "paul larmuseau" <plarmuseau at pandora.be>
> To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:02 AM
> Subject: Still working on the keyboard: is this function available in
> Euphoria??
>
>
> > community.borland.com
> >
> > Article #16214: Stuff The Keyboard Buffer
> >
> >  Technical Notes Database
> >
> > TN1214C.txt   Stuff The Keyboard Buffer
> > Category   :C++
> > Platform    :All
> > Product    :C++  All
> >
> > Description:
> > /*
> >
> >                          SIMULATE KEYSTROKES
> >
> > Often one needs to simulated keystrokes: to automate data entry, to
insert
> > standard text into an editor ( just like THELP ) etc. etc.   BIOS  (ATs=

> and
> > above ) provides a function to stuff keys into the BIOS keyboard buffer=
.
> > The following is a generic function which takes an ASCIIZ string and
> inserts
> > the contents of the latter in the keyboard buffer (NOTE: The keyboard
> buffer
> > is 16 bytes long but only 15 characters can be inserted) followed by a
> > Carriage Return.  It is useful when writing a 'MENU' like program which=

> > would could create a batch file based on the user's requests and *stuff=
*
> the
> > name of the batch file in the keyboard buffer prior to exiting. The las=
t
> > command in the batch file would run the Menu program again !
> > */
> > #include
> > /*[]----------------------[ STUFF KEYBOARD USING
> STRING]------------------[]
> >    This function stuffs the keyboard buffer with the contents of an
ASCIIZ
> >
> >    string...  A carriage return is appended...
> > */
> > int StuffKbd( char *);
> > int StuffKbd( char *str )
> > {
> >     _AL =3D 0x00;                    // Assume success !
> >     while(*str && !_AL)            // While successful and more
characters
> >     {
> >        _AH =3D 0x05;                 // Function 05: Kbd Buffer Write
> >        _CH =3D 0x00;                 // Scan Code is Zero
> >        _CL =3D *str++;               // Load ASCII Code
> >         geninterrupt(0x16);        // Interrupt 16H
> >     }
> >     if (!_AL)                      // If successful in last call
> >     {
> >          _CX =3D 0x1C0D;             // Load Carriage Return
> >          _AH =3D 0x05  ;             // Function 05: Kbd Buffer Write
> >           geninterrupt(0x16);      // Interrupt 16H
> >     }
> >     return (_AL);                  // Return 0: Success - 1: Failure
> > }
> > int main(void)
> > {
> >     StuffKbd("DIR C:\\");          // Request Directory Listing of Root=

> >     return 0;                      // End ...
> > }
> >
> >
> > Reference:
> >
> >
> > 7/2/98 10:42:21 AM
> >  Last Modified: 01-SEP-99
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----=20
> > From: "Bernie Ryan" <xotron at bluefrognet.net>
> > To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 5:14 PM
> > Subject: Proxy source code Atten: Kat
> >
> >
> > > Kat:
> > >   Here is a small proxy written in "C" which can be easily adapted
> > >   to Euphoria.
> > > http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone15/cat241/17838.htm
> > > Bernie
> > >
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