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Hot/Accelerator Keys

• Posted by Wolf <wolfritz at KING.IGS.NET> May 23, 2001
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-- demo of hiding a window, and getting it back,
-- or changing colors, by pressing a hotkey combination
-- originally by Eddy Van Esch, 15/01/2001

include win32lib.ew
without warning

constant
WM_HOTKEY = #312,
MOD_CTRL = #2,
key = 'S',   -- hotkeys are CTRL S,Z,X... change as necessary
key2 = 'Z',
key3 = 'X',

zRegisterHotKey = registerw32Function( user32,
         "RegisterHotKey",{ C_LONG, C_LONG, C_LONG, C_LONG }, C_LONG ),
zUnregisterHotKey = registerw32Function( user32,
         "UnregisterHotKey",{ C_LONG, C_LONG }, C_LONG )

atom ok
sequence msg
msg="Click  'Hide window'  button to hide this window.\n" &
    "Press hotkey combination CTRL S to show the window again.\n\n" &
    "CTRL Z, and CTRL X change the window's colors."

constant
Win1 = create( Window, "HotKey Demo", 0, Default, Default,400, 200, 0 ),
HideButton = create( PushButton, "Hide window", Win1,120, 12, 144, 40, 0 ),
TheTxt = create( LText, msg, Win1, 40, 70, 300, 70, 0 )

-- Hide button's behavior
procedure onClick_HideButton()
  setVisible( Win1, False )  -- Hide the window
end procedure

-- Event handler: intercept the hotkey and define what to do with it:
procedure Events(atom iMsg, atom wparam, atom lparam)

  if iMsg = WM_HOTKEY then
    if hi_word(lparam) = 'S' then
      --unhide window, can be used to do anything you
      --want here...
      setVisible( Win1, True )
    elsif hi_word(lparam) = 'Z' then
      setWindowBackColor(Win1,Yellow)
      setWindowBackColor(TheTxt,Yellow)
    elsif hi_word(lparam) = 'X' then
      setWindowBackColor(Win1,getSysColor(COLOR_BTNFACE))
      setWindowBackColor(TheTxt,getSysColor(COLOR_BTNFACE))
    end if
  end if
end procedure

procedure register_keys()
-- register hotkeys
  ok = w32Func(zRegisterHotKey, {getHandle(Win1), 1, MOD_CTRL, key})
  ok = w32Func(zRegisterHotKey, {getHandle(Win1), 2, MOD_CTRL, key2})
  ok = w32Func(zRegisterHotKey, {getHandle(Win1), 3, MOD_CTRL, key3})
end procedure

--
onClick[HideButton] = routine_id( "onClick_HideButton" )
onEvent[Win1] = routine_id( "Events" )
onOpen[Win1] = routine_id("register_keys")

WinMain( Win1, Normal )  --normal event loop