POSTEVENT and modifier keys

[matt neuburg]

In <1ec975dc.0308241749.2763c708@posting.google.com > patric wrote:

> I have been using postevent in realbasic to send key down events to
> the event queu. Does anyone know how to include modifier keys in the
> routine? I am sending a keycode/ascii character as the eventmsg. Is
> there a way to specify the combination of the command and option keys?

"The PostEvent function fills out the when, where, and modifiers fields
of the event record with the current time, current mouse location, and
current state of the modifier keys and mouse button."

[url]http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/Toolbox/Toolbox-67.html[/url]

m.

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[David Phillip Oster]

In article <20030824212234163-0700@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

> In <1ec975dc.0308241749.2763c708@posting.google.com > patric wrote:

> > I have been using postevent in realbasic to send key down events to
> > the event queu. Does anyone know how to include modifier keys in the
> > routine? I am sending a keycode/ascii character as the eventmsg. Is
> > there a way to specify the combination of the command and option keys?

>
> "The PostEvent function fills out the when, where, and modifiers fields
> of the event record with the current time, current mouse location, and
> current state of the modifier keys and mouse button."
>
> [url]http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/Toolbox/Toolbox-67.html[/url]

So use PPostEvent:

"The PPostEvent function returns a pointer to the event queue entry of
the posted event in the qEl parameter. You can change any fields of the
posted event by changing the fields of its event queue entry. For
example, you can change the posted event¹s modifier keys by changing the
value of the evtQModifiers field of the event queue entry."

[url]http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/Toolbox/Toolbox-66.html[/url]

-- David Phillip Oster