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**Michael Mattias** · 16 Oct 2008, 09:34 AM

In a GUI program, you process notification messages .. and you'll get a notification message for every keystroke the user types.

If the user is entering text in an edit (DDT 'TEXTBOX') control, every keystroke will result in a WM_COMMAND/EN_CHANGE notification message to your Window/Dialog procedure (your 'CALLBACK FUNCTION' if using DDT).

There are some other ways to receive notifications for SPECIFIC keys (eg, you want to trap all "F1" so you can show "Help"), but for suggestions you might wish to describe what you want to do in a bit more detail.

A primary user-interface difference between Windows' GUI programs and either your MS-DOS programs or a Windows/Console program is, in MS-DOS/Console programs, you ask if the user has pressed a key (INKEY$) ; in Windows/GUI programs, Windows tells you the user has typed something, without you asking (notification messages).

MCM

**David Boytor** · 16 Oct 2008, 09:42 AM

input

i am making a graphic window
in a do loop for users
if they press ESC i want everything to exit and close
i will test inkey$ again in the loop to see where i may be doing something wrong
i perfer not to use win api 's

**Steve Rossell** · 16 Oct 2008, 10:53 AM

PBWin 9 has a GRAPHIC INKEY$ statement for reading keyboard characters. There is also GRAPHIC INPUT, GRAPHIC WAITKEY$, etc in PBWin 9. See http://www.powerbasic.com/support/he..._functions.htm for a complete list of all the graphical functions in PBWin 9.

**David Boytor** · 16 Oct 2008, 02:31 PM

ty

thanks for the info

**Alex Trenty** · 2 Jun 2009, 07:58 AM

GRAPHIC INKEY$ works wrong?

Originally posted by Steve Rossell View Post

PBWin 9 has a GRAPHIC INKEY$ statement for reading keyboard characters.

I tested "GRAPHIC INKEY$" operator for PBWin 9.01, in modeless dialog. As it said in the Keyword Reference, "A string length of two means that an extended key was pressed. In this case, the first character in the string has an ASCII value of zero, and the second is the extended keyboard code."
So, to my sorry, my program can't see input strings 2's length! It well catch normal characters (english and russian), two ASCII codes (CR and BACKSPACE), but can't see Esc, Ctrl-F5 and so on. Attempt to input the F10 key stops running program until press F10 for the next time.
What's wrong?
This is my first posting here, sorry if I'd override some rools.

**Manuel Valdes** · 2 Jun 2009, 09:02 AM

Alex:

Test your entered characters with the LEN(CH$) function to see whether is a single or double. If double read the second one with MID$(CH$,2,1).

Regards,

**Dave Biggs** · 2 Jun 2009, 11:53 AM

Sample code for Graphic Inkey$..

Code:

#DIM ALL
#INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
 
FUNCTION PBMAIN()
 LOCAL hGWnd AS DWORD
 LOCAL sKey, sTemp AS STRING
 LOCAL Clk, x, y AS LONG
 
  GRAPHIC WINDOW "Graphic Window", 50, 50, 300, 300 TO hGWnd
  GRAPHIC ATTACH hGWnd, 0
 
  WHILE ISWIN(hGWnd)
    GRAPHIC INKEY$ TO sKey                         ' Capture arrow keys etc
    SELECT CASE LEN(sKey)
      CASE 0                                        ' No keys pressed
        DIALOG DOEVENTS
      CASE 1                                        ' ASCII Key pressed
        DIALOG SET TEXT hGWnd, " " + sKey + Str$(ASC(sKey))
        IF ASC(sKey) >1 AND ASC(sKey) <31 THEN DIALOG SET TEXT hGWnd, " " + "Control Code" + STR$(ASC(sKey))
        IF sKey = $ESC THEN                         ' Quit on Escape
          DIALOG SET TEXT hGWnd, "Escape key pressed - Bye!" : SLEEP 2000
          EXIT LOOP
        END IF
      CASE 2                                        ' Extended key pressed - * NB not number pad *
        SELECT CASE ASC(RIGHT$(sKey,1))
          CASE 69 : sTemp = "NumLock"
          CASE 71 : sTemp = "Home"                  ' *
          CASE 72 : sTemp = "Up Arrow"
          CASE 73 : sTemp = "Page up"               ' *
          CASE 75 : sTemp = "Left arrow"
          CASE 77 : sTemp = "Right arrow"
          CASE 79 : sTemp = "End"                   ' *
          CASE 80 : sTemp = "Down arrow"
          CASE 81 : sTemp = "Page down"             ' *
          CASE 82 : sTemp = "Insert"
          CASE 83 : sTemp = "Delete"
          CASE ELSE : sTemp = "Etc.."
        END SELECT
        DIALOG SET TEXT hGWnd, " " + STR$(ASC(RIGHT$(sKey,1))) + "  " + sTemp : sTemp = ""
    END SELECT
    ' As we're looping anyway let's test for clicks..
    GRAPHIC WINDOW CLICK hGWnd TO Clk&, x&, y&
    IF Clk = 2 THEN
        WinBeep 800,1   ' double click
    ELSEIF Clk = 1 THEN
      GRAPHIC SET POS (0, 0) : GRAPHIC PRINT "                          " ' clear old pos info
      GRAPHIC SET POS (0, 0)   
      GRAPHIC PRINT " x:"+STR$(x)+", y:"+STR$(y)                    ' click position in GfxWindow
    END IF
  WEND
 
END FUNCTION
'------------------/

**Alex Trenty** · 8 Jun 2009, 08:18 PM

2Manuel: Of course, I check length of getting symbol.
2Dave Biggs: Yeap, your program is working /although on the beginning of CASE 2 it's better to clear sTemp :laugh: /
But it is very very simple.
What do you think about my program? Why it didn't work?

Code:

'================= tstgrph.bas PBWin 9.01 by Alex Trenty
#DIM ALL
#COMPILE EXE
#INCLUDE  "WIN32API.INC"
GLOBAL AWin     AS DWORD ' Graphic Window Handle
$AppTitle = "Test graphics especially"
$pFont1          = "Lucida Console"
$pFont2          = "Arial"
$pFont3          = "Courier New"
$pFont4          = "Arial Black"
$pFont5          = "Times new Roman"
GLOBAL fZagl    AS LONG
GLOBAL fTxt1    AS LONG
GLOBAL fZagB    AS LONG
GLOBAL fTime    AS LONG
%ID_OK  =   100
%ID_S1  =   101
%ID_S2  =   102
%ID_S3  =   103
%ID_S4  =   104
%ID_S5  =   105
%ID_S6  =   106
%ID_GA  =   200
%wW     = 560&
%wH     = 540&
%aR=10: %aD= 80: %aW=460: %aH=300 ' Graphic Window
GLOBAL hDlg  AS LONG
GLOBAL hWnd  AS LONG
GLOBAL fDlgEnd AS LONG
GLOBAL hThread AS LONG
GLOBAL fThrClose AS LONG
GLOBAL Result AS LONG
GLOBAL hTimer    AS LONG   ' Handle íà åæåñåêóíäíûé òàéìåð
GLOBAL fTimer    AS LONG   ' Timer Flag
GLOBAL lTimer    AS LONG   ' Countdown from 2 to 0
GLOBAL wTimer    AS LONG   ' Flag=1 every 0,5s
GLOBAL cDat1        AS STRING*10 ' as is
GLOBAL cDat2        AS STRING*8  ' dd/mm-yy
GLOBAL cDat3        AS STRING*19 ' dd/mm-yy = cc:mm:ss
GLOBAL x,y       AS SINGLE: GLOBAL fUnd AS LONG
GLOBAL sI        AS STRING
GLOBAL fI        AS LONG
GLOBAL xM1, yM1, xM2, yM2 AS LONG
GLOBAL s5 AS STRING
GLOBAL hWin  AS LONG
GLOBAL xG,yG AS LONG
GLOBAL hGraphic AS DWORD
 
FUNCTION Timer_Event () AS LONG ' -------------- Issued every 0,5s
    fTimer=%TRUE: FUNCTION=0
END FUNCTION
SUB CurTime()
    cDat1=DATE$: cDat2=MID$(cDat1,4,2)+"/"+MID$(cDat1,1,2)+"-"+MID$(cDat1,9,2)
    cDat3=cDat2+" - "+TIME$
END SUB
 
'====================================================================
CALLBACK FUNCTION D_CB() AS LONG
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
  LOCAL pT AS POINTAPI
  SELECT CASE CB.MSG
  CASE %WM_DESTROY
     fDlgEnd=%TRUE
  CASE %WM_PARENTNOTIFY ' Detect L/R Click to Interest Place
     pT.x = LO(WORD,CB.LPARAM)
     pT.y = HI(WORD,CB.LPARAM)
     MapWindowPoints CB.HNDL, 0, pT, 1
     IF LO(WORD,CB.WPARAM) = %WM_LButtonDown THEN
        s5=s5+"L": CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S5,s5
     ELSEIF LO(WORD,CB.WPARAM) = %WM_RButtonDown THEN
        s5=s5+"R": CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S5,s5
     END IF
  CASE %WM_LButtonUp
        s5=s5+"l": CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S5,s5
  CASE %WM_RButtonUp
        s5=s5+"r": CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S5,s5
  CASE %WM_COMMAND
     IF CB.CTLMSG=%BN_CLICKED AND CB.CTL=%ID_OK THEN fDlgEnd=%TRUE: EXIT SELECT
     IF CB.CTL=%ID_GA THEN
        GetCursorPos(pT): ScreenToClient(AWin,pT)
        CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S3,"!CB.MSG="+FORMAT$(CB.MSG,"0000")+ _
         ", CB.CTLMSG="+STR$(CB.CTLMSG)+", x="+STR$(pT.x)+ _
         ", y="+STR$(pT.y): EXIT SELECT
     END IF
  END SELECT
END FUNCTION
'============= Thread ====================================
FUNCTION eThread (BYVAL hDlg AS LONG) AS LONG
 LOCAL s AS STRING
 WHILE ISFALSE fThrClose
  ERRCLEAR
  IF wTimer>0 THEN
      wTimer=0: DECR lTimer
      CurTime: CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S4,CDat3 ' Date,Time every 0,5s
      IF lTimer<0 THEN CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S6,"": lTimer=2
      fUnd=1-fUnd: IF fUnd=0 THEN s=" " ELSE s="_"
      GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg,%ID_GA: GRAPHIC SET POS (x,y)
      GRAPHIC FONT $pFont3,10,0: GRAPHIC COLOR %BLACK
      GRAPHIC PRINT s; '<========================== Underscore
  END IF
  IF fI=2 THEN  ' Output catched symbol
      IF LEN(sI)=1 AND ASC(sI,1)>31 THEN ' <-----------------Normal Chr
          GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg,%ID_GA: GRAPHIC SET POS (x,y)
          GRAPHIC SET FONT fTxt1: GRAPHIC COLOR %BLUE
          GRAPHIC PRINT sI;: GRAPHIC GET POS TO x,y
      ELSEIF LEN(sI)=1 THEN '   <------------------ Control Chr [xx]
          GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg,%ID_GA: GRAPHIC SET POS (x,y)
          GRAPHIC SET FONT fTxt1: GRAPHIC COLOR %RED
          GRAPHIC PRINT "["+LTRIM$(STR$(ASC(sI,1)))+"]";
          IF ASC(sI,1)=13 THEN ' CR
              GRAPHIC PRINT: GRAPHIC GET POS TO x,y: GRAPHIC SET POS (12,y)
              GRAPHIC COLOR %BLACK: GRAPHIC SET FONT fTxt1: GRAPHIC PRINT ">";
          END IF
          GRAPHIC GET POS TO x,y
      ELSE '    <----------------------- Special Characters - WHERE ARE ??
          GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg,%ID_GA: GRAPHIC SET POS (x,y)
          GRAPHIC SET FONT fTxt1: GRAPHIC COLOR %YELLOW
          GRAPHIC PRINT "{"+LTRIM$(STR$(ASC(sI,2)))+"}";
          GRAPHIC GET POS TO x,y
      END IF: fI=0
  END IF
  SLEEP 20
 WEND: FUNCTION = %TRUE
END FUNCTION
 
' ==================================
FUNCTION WINMAIN (BYVAL hInstance AS DWORD, BYVAL hPrevInst AS DWORD, _
   BYVAL pCmdLine AS ASCIIZ PTR, BYVAL nCmdShow AS LONG) AS LONG
#REGISTER NONE
   LOCAL v,pN,t,sT AS STRING, i AS DWORD, dW,dH,tR,tD AS LONG
 DESKTOP GET CLIENT TO dW, dH
 tR=(dW-%wW)/2: tD=(dH-%wH)/2
 FONT NEW $pFont2,12,1,204,0 TO fZagl
 FONT NEW $pFont3,10,0,204,0 TO fTxt1
 FONT NEW $pFont4,12,1,204,0 TO fZagB
 FONT NEW $pFont1,12,0,204,0 TO fTime
 DIALOG FONT DEFAULT $pFont2,10,0,204 '"Arial"
 DIALOG NEW PIXELS, 0,$AppTitle,tR,tD,%wW,%wH,%WS_POPUP OR %WS_VISIBLE _ '
  OR %DS_SETFONT OR %WS_CLIPCHILDREN OR %WS_BORDER OR %WS_CAPTION _ 
  OR %WS_SYSMENU OR %WS_DLGFRAME _
  TO hDlg    ' Create a dialog box
'  ,%WS_EX_TOPMOST _
 IF hDlg=0 THEN EXIT FUNCTION
 fDlgEnd=%FALSE
 CONTROL ADD LABEL,hDlg,%ID_S1,"G r a p h i c s   T e s t",10,12,320,20,0
 CONTROL SET FONT hDlg,%ID_S1,fZagB
 CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg,%ID_S2,"", 10,40, 460,20,0
 CONTROL SET FONT hDlg,%ID_S2,fTxt1 
 CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg,%ID_S3,"", 10,400,460,20,0
 CONTROL SET FONT hDlg,%ID_S3,fTxt1 
 CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg,%ID_S4,"",350, 10,160,20,0
 CONTROL SET COLOR hDlg,%ID_S4, -1,RGB(255,255,217)
 CONTROL SET FONT hDlg,%ID_S4,fTxt1 
 CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg,%ID_S5,"", 10,430,460,20,0
 CONTROL SET FONT hDlg,%ID_S5,fTxt1 
 CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg,%ID_S6,"", 10,460,460,20,0
 CONTROL SET FONT hDlg,%ID_S6,fTxt1 
 s5="#"
 CONTROL ADD BUTTON,hDlg,%ID_OK,"OK",%wW-50,%wH-50,40,40
 CONTROL ADD GRAPHIC, hDlg, %ID_GA, "GA", %ar, %ad, %aW, %aH, _
  %SS_NOTIFY OR %WS_CHILD OR %WS_VISIBLE OR %SS_OWNERDRAW OR _
  %WS_BORDER
 DIALOG SHOW MODELESS hDlg, CALL D_CB
 AWin = GetDlgItem(hDlg, %ID_GA)' Store the handle to the graphics window
 GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg, %ID_GA
 GRAPHIC PAINT (0,0),RGB( 85, 255, 255)
 GRAPHIC COLOR -1,RGB( 85, 255, 255)
 GRAPHIC GET LOC TO xG, yG
 CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S2,"Loc on the Screen: xG="+STR$(xG)+ _
         ", yG="+STR$(yG)+", Hndl="+STR$(AWin)
 GRAPHIC SET POS (20,4): GRAPHIC COLOR %MAGENTA: GRAPHIC SET FONT fZagl
 GRAPHIC PRINT "Graphical Window"+STR$(%aW)+" x"+STR$(%aH)
 GRAPHIC SET POS (12,40): GRAPHIC COLOR %BLACK: GRAPHIC SET FONT fTxt1
 GRAPHIC PRINT ">";: GRAPHIC GET POS TO x,y: GRAPHIC SET FOCUS
 GRAPHIC REDRAW
 THREAD CREATE eThread(hDlg) TO hThread
 hTimer = SetTimer(0,0,500,CODEPTR(Timer_Event))
 lTimer=0: fThrClose=%FALSE: wTimer=0: fUnd=0: fI=0
 DO                        ' Main cycle until fDialog is %TRUE
  IF ISTRUE fTimer THEN wTimer=1: fTimer=%FALSE
  IF fI=0 THEN ' Test for getting symbol
    GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg,%ID_GA: GRAPHIC INKEY$ TO sI
    IF LEN(sI)>0 THEN fI=1
  END IF
  IF fI=1 THEN
    CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S6,"LEN="+STR$(LEN(sI)): fI=2
  END IF
  DIALOG DOEVENTS
 LOOP WHILE ISFALSE fDlgEnd
 KillTimer 0, hTimer       ' Destroy the timer
 DO: THREAD CLOSE hThread TO Result: SLEEP 50: LOOP UNTIL ISTRUE Result
 DIALOG END hDlg
END FUNCTION

**Dave Biggs** · 9 Jun 2009, 11:41 AM

2Dave Biggs: Yeap, your program is working /although on the beginning of CASE 2 it's better to clear sTemp :laugh: /

I did patch up my sample - thanks for the heads-up.

Here are a couple of mods for insertion in your code. Doesn't address the main problem though (detecting the extended keys with Graphic Inkey$). Maybe if you could simplify your example to a minimum..?

Code:

SUB CurTime()
  cDat1=DATE$: cDat2=MID$(cDat1,4,2)+"/"+MID$(cDat1,1,2)+"-"+MID$(cDat1,9,2)
  cDat3=cDat2+" - "+TIME$
END SUB 
'------------------/
 
CallBack Function TextBoxProc
  Select Case As Long CbMsg
    Case %WM_LButtonUp                                        '* sub class to catch these
        s5=s5+"l": CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S5,s5
    Case %WM_RButtonUp
        s5=s5+"r": CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg,%ID_S5,s5            '*
 
    Case %WM_SYSKEYUP                                         ' Eat F10 (special key)
        If CbWparam = %VK_F10 Then
          Exit Function 
        End If
 End Select
 Function = Callwindowproc(Getwindowlong(CbHndl, %GWL_USERDATA), CbHndl, CbMsg, CbWParam, CbLParam)
End Function
'------------------/
 
'====================================================================
CALLBACK FUNCTION D_CB() AS LONG
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
  LOCAL pT AS POINTAPI
  SELECT CASE CB.MSG
  Case %WM_INITDIALOG
      ' set up subclass proc & record old proc add in %ID_GA userdata. (TT Colin Schmidt)
      Setwindowlong Getdlgitem(CbHndl, %ID_GA), %GWL_USERDATA, _
      SetWindowLong(GetDlgItem(CbHndl,  %ID_GA), %GWL_WNDPROC, CodePtr(TextBoxProc))
 
CASE %WM_DESTROY
   fDlgEnd=%TRUE

**Alex Trenty** · 9 Jun 2009, 02:42 PM

Originally posted by Dave Biggs View Post

Here are a couple of mods for insertion in your code. Doesn't address the main problem though (detecting the extended keys with Graphic Inkey$).

Oh, thanks, I know it. I'd deleted such block just before put my code here. Although, that subclass was the mouse about.

Maybe if you could simplify your example to a minimum..?

It's about minimum.

Although I can delete 10-20 strings with the fonts declarations etc.
That's the matter - I need write for realtime process and really need some threads, the real program has 3 windows... Since 1989 I tried to solve realtime problems on PowerBASIC solutions, usually successfull.

Have you any ideas, what's wrong in my example?

**Michael Mattias** · 9 Jun 2009, 04:53 PM

here...

Code:

IF fI=0 THEN ' Test for getting symbol
    GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg,%ID_GA: GRAPHIC INKEY$ TO sI
    IF LEN(sI)>0 THEN fI=1
  END IF

.. using GRAPHIC CONTROL, might you you need to ...

Code:

CONTROL SET FOCUS hDlg, %ID_GA

.. somewhere to get back the results of GRAPHICS INKEY$ ???

If that control is not focused, I don't see how it can ever get any keystrokes.

(I am not a DDT guy).

Also just in general, based on some threads we've had here, it might be a good practice to develop to do your GRAPHIC ATTACHs with a paired GRAPHIC DETACH when done.

I doubt it matters in this application since there is only one graphic but much like doing file OPENs paired with CLOSEs when done, or WinAPI Getxxx and Releasexxx functions in pairs, I think this might make some sense. Worth thinking about anyway.

MCM

**Alex Trenty** · 9 Jun 2009, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by Michael Mattias View Post

If that control is not focused, I don't see how it can ever get any keystrokes.

Get my code, translate, and you'll see: it IS working, getting and understanding all keystrokes except extended.

it might be a good practice to develop to do your GRAPHIC ATTACHs with a paired GRAPHIC DETACH when done.

Much thanks, Michael, that you pay my attention on it. To my sorry, it don't solves the problem.

Yours, A.T.

**Michael Mattias** · 9 Jun 2009, 06:40 PM

It's definitely not working.

Maybe it has something to do with trying to GRAPHIC ATTACH to hdlg from within two separate thread contexts (I have no clue how GRAPHIC ATTACH is implemented).

While it 'seems' to work for regular keys, something is definitely wring with 'extended' keys like F1-F10 or home, delete, page up, etc.

Diagnosis: Broke.

Treatment: Contact PB support. (You do know this is not an official communications venue, right?)

MCM

**Dave Biggs** · 10 Jun 2009, 09:21 AM

It's about minimum.

Well I managed to trim quite a bit more to avoid wasting effort on 'Red Herrings'.
This code does the same as the original though - Inkey$ only returns single characters.

Code:

#Debug Display ON
#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
#REGISTER NONE
#INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
 
%ID_S1       = 101
%ID_S6       = 105
%ID_GA       = 200
 
FUNCTION WINMAIN (BYVAL hInstance AS DWORD, BYVAL hPrevInst AS DWORD, _
                  BYVAL pCmdLine AS ASCIIZ PTR, BYVAL nCmdShow AS LONG) AS LONG
 LOCAL hDlg AS DWORD
 LOCAL sI AS STRING
 LOCAL x, y, fI AS LONG
 
 DIALOG NEW PIXELS, 0,"Test graphics especially", , , 560, 540, %WS_POPUP OR %WS_VISIBLE _ '
                OR %DS_SETFONT OR %WS_CLIPCHILDREN OR %WS_BORDER OR %WS_CAPTION _
                OR %WS_SYSMENU OR %WS_DLGFRAME TO hDlg    ' Create a dialog box
 IF hDlg=0 THEN EXIT FUNCTION
 
 CONTROL ADD LABEL,hDlg,%ID_S1,"G r a p h i c s   T e s t",10,12,320,20,0
 CONTROL ADD TEXTBOX, hDlg, %ID_S6, "", 10,430,460,20,0
 
 CONTROL ADD GRAPHIC, hDlg, %ID_GA, "GA" ,22, 65, 460, 300, _
   %SS_NOTIFY OR %WS_CHILD OR %WS_VISIBLE OR %SS_OWNERDRAW OR %WS_BORDER
 
 DIALOG SHOW MODELESS hDlg
 
 GRAPHIC ATTACH hDlg, %ID_GA
 GRAPHIC PAINT (0,0),RGB( 85, 255, 255)
 GRAPHIC SET POS (20,4): GRAPHIC COLOR %MAGENTA,RGB( 85, 255, 255)
 GRAPHIC PRINT "Graphic Control"
 GRAPHIC SET POS (12,40): GRAPHIC COLOR %BLACK,RGB( 85, 255, 255)
 GRAPHIC PRINT ">";: GRAPHIC GET POS TO x,y
 GRAPHIC SET FOCUS
 
 DO
   GRAPHIC INKEY$ TO sI
   DIALOG DOEVENTS
  IF LEN(sI)>0 THEN fI=1 : WinBeep 800,1
  IF fI=1 THEN
    GRAPHIC PRINT IIF$(LEN(sI)=1, sI, RIGHT$(sI,1));
    DIALOG DOEVENTS
    CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg, %ID_S6, "LEN="+STR$(LEN(sI)) : fI=0
    DIALOG DOEVENTS : SLEEP 50 : CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg, %ID_S6, ""
  END IF
  DIALOG DOEVENTS
 LOOP WHILE ISWIN(hDlg)
 
 DIALOG END hDlg
END FUNCTION
'------------------/

Looks like Inkey$ is broken for GRAPHIC CONTROLS.
(Or the docs should point out that extended keys are detected by Inkey$ in Graphic Windows only)

**Peter Simmonds** · 30 Jul 2009, 04:39 PM

Just reviving an old thread from 2001. Tried the examples and seems that PBWin version 9 still has the same bug with GRAPHIC INKEY$, ie. only returns single characters and not extended ones. This seems a pretty severe limitation for this command and obviously different from the documentation provided.

Peter

**Rodney Hicks** · 30 Jul 2009, 06:37 PM

Could you show compilable code that doesn't return the extended key codes?

**Rodney Hicks** · 30 Jul 2009, 08:11 PM

Fiddling with some code of Gösta's

Code:

'PBWIN 9.00 - WinApi 05/2008 - XP Pro SP3
#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
#INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
#INCLUDE "COMDLG32.INC"

FUNCTION PBMAIN
  ERRCLEAR
    LOCAL hwin AS DWORD, s$
    GRAPHIC WINDOW "Testing", 100, 200, 200, 100 TO hWin
    GRAPHIC ATTACH hWin, 0
g1:
    GRAPHIC INKEY$ TO s$
    IF LEN(s$) = 0 THEN GOTO g1 'no key pressed
    IF LEN(s$)=1 AND ASC(s$)<32 THEN
      ? "ASC"+FORMAT$(ASC(s$))
    ELSEIF LEN(s$)=1 THEN
      ? "String length=1 "+s$
    END IF
    IF LEN(s$)=2 THEN ? "String length=2!"+$CRLF+ FORMAT$(ASC(LEFT$(s$,1))) +$CRLF+ _
     "Extended key code"+ FORMAT$(ASC(RIGHT$(s$,1)))

    'GRAPHIC WINDOW END
    IF UCASE$(s$)<>"Q" THEN GOTO g1
    'dialog doevents
    ? "Inkey$ works" 'Never gets here
    GRAPHIC WINDOW END
END FUNCTION 'Applikation beenden
'

**Peter Simmonds** · 31 Jul 2009, 04:31 AM

Thanks, yes seems to work but cannot quite see what the difference is betwen the two programs. If you set up a dialog and attach the graphics control as in David Biggs's program but run your INKEY$ detection and reporting section (ie. pasting in your program from line g1) then INKEY$ becomes again limited to single characters (a DIALOG DOEVENTS has to be added to the code).

That said, GRAPHICS INKEY$ still has its problems that limit its use (these are very much shared with the PBCC version of INKEY$). These include failing to return the correct extended return code for <SHIFT>'ed non-character keys (eg. F1 return the code 59, but <SHIFT>F1 also returns 59 instead of 84). It also fails to respond to <ALT> key combination; <ALT>F1 should return 104. I do realise that Windows programs don't like the use of <ALT> keys, as they are reserved for the menu, but nevertheless it should still be possible for the application to intercept them first.

This problem with INKEY$ was worked around in PBCC by also reading the INSHIFT value to find out whether <ALT>, <CONTROL> etc. were pressed at the same time.

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=14596

Alas INSHIFT is not provided in PBWin.

Probably going to have to abandon INKEY$ and try to use CALLBACK to try to return the full set of return codes from the keyboard. As as Windows novice, this is proving horrible!

Peter

**Michael Mattias** · 31 Jul 2009, 08:40 AM

>Alas INSHIFT is not provided in PBWin.

==> GetAsynchKeyState() or maybe GetKeyState()

Not sure which one you'd want to use in conjunction with GRAPHIC INKEY$. Try 'em.

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