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RE: [ECS] Keyboard Event Michael David Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:06:32 -0400

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Hi Kevin!

Sorry - I misread your message.

Still, a similar answer though. :)  The state of "active" is only used to
test the current state of keyboard-event to see if a specific window is
active.  So, you can do a:

If	Keyboard-Event 	is	Active

But you can't do a:

Do	Keyboard-Event		Set	Active

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From:	Kevin Keast [mailto:libertyc@prodigy.net]
Sent:	Sunday, June 20, 1999 10:53 PM
To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject:	RE: [ECS] Keyboard Event

Keyboard Event NOT Keyboard Key.

I created two "keyboard events" that would stop/start winamp on my ecs
machine.  I used the "CLASS:" to identify the window associated to Winamp.

To stop Winamp you send it a X key to start is a V key I think.

Create a keyboard-event type item.

You cannot set it to an active state using the event editor but you CAN
change its state in the Group Editor.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael David [mailto:michael@michaeldavid.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 8:23 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: RE: [ECS] Keyboard Event
>
>
> Hi Kevin!
>
> You can't set Keyboard-Key to "active"; this can only be done by ECS.
>
> When any key is pressed on the keyboard, the state of Keyboard-Key changes
> to "active" momentarily.  This can be used for ECS to "know" when
> someone is
> at the keyboard.  The most common use for this item is for a
> "sign of life"
> event, where ECS looks at many of it's various interfaces to see if us
> humans are present.
>
> Why would you want to set Keyboard-Key to active anyway?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kevin Keast [mailto:libertyc@prodigy.net]
> Sent:	Saturday, June 19, 1999 11:27 AM
> To:	ECS
> Subject:	[ECS] Keyboard Event
>
> Would anyone know why I can't set the state of a keyboard-event to ACTIVE?
>
> I am in the event editor and try to set the state of a keyboard event to
> active state.  I don't even have the "active" state in the pull down menu.
> If I force it I get an error like illegal state name.
>
> I can, however set the item to the active state in the group editor and it
> works fine.
>
> I am using a fairly recent version of ECS: 4.0.025
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>

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