Mac Keycodes

[patric]

I looked in the INSIDE MACINTOSH series for the proper keycode for the
slash "/". It stated that the the hex code was F2. Is there a
different keycode for the slash key in the numeric keypad? The INSIDE
MACINTOSH gave them the same keycode, but I have a program I am
sending POSTEVENTs to, and yet the program doesn't like the keycode I
am sending. The program likes the "/" from the numeric keypad as
opposed to the "/" nect to the shif key. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Patric

[patric]

"James W. Walker" <osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.invalid> wrote in message news:<290820031958369229%osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.in valid>...

> In article <1ec975dc.0308291209.48a5b2df@posting.google.com >, patric
> <patrick_cusack@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

> > I looked in the INSIDE MACINTOSH series for the proper keycode for the
> > slash "/". It stated that the the hex code was F2. Is there a
> > different keycode for the slash key in the numeric keypad? The INSIDE
> > MACINTOSH gave them the same keycode, but I have a program I am
> > sending POSTEVENTs to, and yet the program doesn't like the keycode I
> > am sending. The program likes the "/" from the numeric keypad as
> > opposed to the "/" nect to the shif key. Any ideas?

>
> Do you mean key code or character code? The character code for '/' is
> 2F. The key code on the main keyboard is 2C, and the key code on the
> numeric keypad is 4B. None of them is F2.

Yes, I accidentally swapped the 2F. No, my intent is to pass a key to
a POSTEVENT routine. However, The program that I am sending it to sees
it as the non-numeric "/", whereas I wish to send the "/" from the
numeric keyboard. Any suggestions? POSTEVENT requires an eventmsg - I
assume it means an ascii character? I only wish to somehow
differentiate between the two slashes.

Thanks

[James W. Walker]

In article <1ec975dc.0308292231.41761043@posting.google.com >, patric
<patrick_cusack@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I accidentally swapped the 2F. No, my intent is to pass a key to
> a POSTEVENT routine. However, The program that I am sending it to sees
> it as the non-numeric "/", whereas I wish to send the "/" from the
> numeric keyboard. Any suggestions? POSTEVENT requires an eventmsg - I
> assume it means an ascii character? I only wish to somehow
> differentiate between the two slashes.

The message field of the event record contains both the character code
(in the low byte) and the key code (in the next byte).

[Simon Slavin]

In article <1ec975dc.0308292231.41761043@posting.google.com >,
[email]patrick_cusack@hotmail.com[/email] (patric) wrote:

>Yes, I accidentally swapped the 2F. No, my intent is to pass a key to
>a POSTEVENT routine. However, The program that I am sending it to sees
>it as the non-numeric "/", whereas I wish to send the "/" from the
>numeric keyboard.

They are different keys and therefore have different numbers.
They'll also have different numbers on different keyboards.

If you want to know what number a certain key generates, the
simplest method is to write a program which tells you the
number of each key pressed.

[patric]

"James W. Walker" <osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.invalid> wrote in message news:<300820030039226756%osxNOSPAM@jwwalker.com.in valid>...

> In article <1ec975dc.0308292231.41761043@posting.google.com >, patric
> <patrick_cusack@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

> > Yes, I accidentally swapped the 2F. No, my intent is to pass a key to
> > a POSTEVENT routine. However, The program that I am sending it to sees
> > it as the non-numeric "/", whereas I wish to send the "/" from the
> > numeric keyboard. Any suggestions? POSTEVENT requires an eventmsg - I
> > assume it means an ascii character? I only wish to somehow
> > differentiate between the two slashes.

>
> The message field of the event record contains both the character code
> (in the low byte) and the key code (in the next byte).

James,

Thanks for your patience. That worked brilliantly. I looked at the
apple IM series for the description of the event record. Yet, I
noticed that it did not have any fields for any modifier keys. I guess
I could use PPostevent for that, but as it is not supported in Carbon,
I am reluctant to use it. Thanks.

Patric

[James W. Walker]

In article <1ec975dc.0309012233.70082496@posting.google.com >, patric
<patrick_cusack@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Yet, I
> noticed that it did not have any fields for any modifier keys. I guess
> I could use PPostevent for that, but as it is not supported in Carbon,
> I am reluctant to use it.

Under OS 9, you could load the PPostEvent function pointer from
InterfaceLib using CFM routines (I forget the exact ones). Under OS X,
you can use CGPostKeyboardEvent instead.