Simple keystroke macro.

[Steve Hutchesson Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve Hutchesson]

I just pinched this one from one of my MASM apps. It is designed to be used in a key processing function from a WM_KEYUP message or similar. I use it in the message loop for hotkey combinations.

#IF 0  ' ***********************************************

        macro to test if a virtual key is pressed
        use the following ASM instructions to respond

      ' either
        CmpKey(%VK_SHIFT)
        ! je label          ' if VK_SHIFT is pressed

      ' or
        CmpKey(%VK_SHIFT)
        ! jne label         ' if VK_SHIFT is not pressed

      ' .......
      label:

#ENDIF ' ***********************************************

    MACRO CmpKey(vk_key)
      GetAsyncKeyState vk_key
      ! and eax, &B00000000000000001000000000000000
      ! rol eax, 17
      ! cmp eax, 1
    END MACRO

' ******************************************************

It can be done with a couple of less instructions but at the price of inverting the logic for the following conditional jump.