Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function

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Re: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 28, 2006 at 19:13 UTC
Which specific keys are you having trouble with? The API function GetAsyncKeyState actually accepts virtual key codes so either the wrapper around it is doing some translation, or you need to know what the codes are. In particular, if you want to detect the state of a letter key, you must provide it upper case - 'A' rather than 'a'. Read more... virtual key code list (7 kB) DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by Util (Priest) on Apr 28, 2006 at 22:11 UTC
The wrapper around it is doing translation! Here is the table from guitest.xs: Read more... (2 kB) Update: Hmmm. This should have shown up as a reply to Grandfather's post. Curious...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 28, 2006 at 22:56 UTC
Is there a reason that these codes are not documented in the module documentation? Is there a reason that the MicroSoft codes are not used? Is there a reason that the symbolic names are not the same as the MicroSoft symbolic names? Why do keys such as 'A' not work? Would it not have been simpler to use and document (and possibly also to write the code) to pass an integer value straight through, convert letters to the uppercase equivelent ordinal code and possibly do some symbolic conversion as icing? Why is the sample code mentioned in the documentation not provided? DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by Util (Priest) on Apr 28, 2006 at 22:05 UTC
Try 'F1'. The special keys work in older versions of Win32::GuiTest. The code to allow IsKeyPressed to understand a parameter of 'A' was added in version 1.50.2-ad. You probably are running 1.3. Try this to see: `perl -MWin32::GuiTest -wle print($Win32::GuiTest::VERSION)` [download] See my reply to Grandfather, above, for the correct table of special keys that work with 1.3.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by coldmiser (Hermit) on Apr 28, 2006 at 19:25 UTC
I have tried the virtual key codes, I have tried single quotes, I have tried double quotes (I even tried no quotes). `IsKeyPressed("A"); IsKeyPressed('A'); IsKeyPressed("a"); IsKeyPressed('A'); IsKeyPressed("A"); IsKeyPressed("41"); IsKeyPressed(41); IsKeyPressed("VK_BACK"); #backspace key` [download] I litterly cannot get any key on the keyboard to work except the ESC key. Is anyone else having this problem with my code? or is it just a configuration issue on my PC?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by ahmad (Hermit) on Apr 28, 2006 at 18:45 UTC
Hello , what you need is reading the documentation of the module search for module documentation in CPAN.org	[reply]
Re^2: Win32::GuiTest IsKeyPressed function by coldmiser (Hermit) on Apr 28, 2006 at 18:54 UTC
I have the only thing in the documentation on that function is what follows `IsKeyPressed($key) Wrapper around the GetAsyncKeyState API function. Returns TRUE if the +user presses the specified key. IsKeyPressed("ESC"); IsKeyPressed("A"); IsKeyPressed("DOWN");` [download] According to it, all of these should work.	[reply] [d/l]