Re: Keycode problem
- Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Jan 11, 2004
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Pete Lomax wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:34:11 -0600, Allen Robnett > <alrobnett at alumni.princeton.edu> wrote: > > >>Sorry, I didn't make it clear. With key.bat, I get the code 401 for ctrl >>downkey. In the program that I am creating, x=wait_key() yields 336 for >>downkey, for ctrl downkey and for alt downkey. In other words, key.bat >>performs as expected, my program, running on Windows 98 does not. > > > Looks like a bug in exw.exe.. Rob? > > Allen, since I believe you are writing a dos program, make sure the > program is run with ex.exe not exw.exe. It may be enough to change the > extension on the source file you are writing. The key codes for the special keys are a bit different between DOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. I don't know exactly why. It's not a bug in Euphoria. It happens at a lower level. Regards, Rob Craig Rapid Deployment Software http://www.RapidEuphoria.com