Re: Map key codes to characters

FROM : Andrew Farmer
DATE : Thu Feb 21 23:17:13 2008

On 21 Feb 08, at 13:57, Nick Zitzmann wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2008 AD, at 2:48 PM, Christian Schmitz wrote:

>> For example giving 12 and want to get a "Q" back and for providing 
>> "Q" I
>> get a 12 back.
>>
>> Of course it would be nice to know the option keys.
>>
>> Is that possible?
>>
>> Currently I use iGetKeys, but that is failing for a lot of cases.

>
> The only one is GetKeys(), but the output from GetKeys() is 
> different on every architecture. Maybe that's what's causing the 
> problem?


GetKeys() works the same on PPC and Intel, so long as you interpret 
the results correctly. That being said, what it returns to you is 
literally just a bitmask representing the keys being pressed. If you 
want to map this into characters, matters get a lot more complicated 
(particularly if you consider that 'é' is a multi-key composite).

What'd probably work better is if you explain what your goal is. Are 
you trying to represent a keystroke combination, or are you trying to 
take text input? The two take rather different approaches._______________________________________________

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