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Re: Hotkeys and win32lib apps

• Posted by Greg Haberek <ghaberek at gmail.com> Nov 23, 2004
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Here's a quote from w32Keys.e:

-- * VK_L* & VK_R* - left and right Alt, Ctrl and Shift virtual keys.
-- * Used only as parameters to GetAsyncKeyState() and GetKeyState().
-- * No other API or message will distinguish left and right keys in this way.
   , VK_LSHIFT	   = #A0
   , VK_RSHIFT	   = #A1
   , VK_LCONTROL	   = #A2
   , VK_RCONTROL	   = #A3
   , VK_LMENU	   = #A4
   , VK_RMENU	   = #A5

On 23 Nov 2004 19:29:09 +0100, Christian Cuvier
<christian.cuvier at agriculture.gouv.fr> wrote:
> 
> I wanted to trap Alt-Home to perform some procsing of my own in a Win32 app.
> Ok, just trap WM_KEYDOWN and look for VK_HOME and AltMask. Simple, and don't
> forget returnValue(0) so as to avoid the default processing of the Home key.
> 
> But this only works halfway. Using a french keyboard, this correctly
> identifies the right alt key, but not the left alt key. The latter works
> correctly however, as it activates menu items in the expected way.
> 
> Do I need to set up my own event loop so that it includes the
> TranslateAccelerator() API func so that I can trap these left alt-things?
> 
> CChris
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