in reply to hot key not accepted

You may want to google about this, but I seem to remember that to read extended keys, it's a combination of chr 27(esc) + the other key in the keyboard buffer. That's my recollection of how you used to read them in DOS back in my old Pascal programming days. I would assume that you would need to send them the same way.

Hope that helps!

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Re^2: hot key not accepted
by kcella (Beadle) on Apr 07, 2005 at 03:50 UTC
    It seems to only be this particular program that is preventing me from using hotkeys through Perl. I have tried trial versions of several simliar security software and this is the ONLY one of the group that does not work. There MUST be something blocking the hotkey request.

    Oddly enough, I have noticed that none of the "special" keys work. If I use do a SendKeys using ALT or CTRL or F*, etc. they all fail. Although, I was able to do what I need by using "non-special" keyboard commands but it is a hack of hack if you catch my meaning. Still looking for a better solution/explanation??!!
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