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Re: RE: [ECS] Keyboard Event Scott Danks Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:45:29 -0500

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 Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:45:29 -0500
I think Mark said in an earlier thread that he would be on vacation through 6/22 (*today*).
 (Which explains why I have not gotten a lot of mail the last week).. .  I look forward
to coming in to work and reading 10-15 emails about ECS every morning.

(Yes I should get a life.  BTW I will get to see Leonard Nimoy this Sat.  He is doing
a StarTrek convention here).


>>> "Michael David" <michael@michaeldavid.com> 06/23 12:18 AM >>>
Hi Kevin!

Hmmm....  Maybe it's ME who missed something.

So far, I only use this item make another window active, which I do be
setting the state of this item to "move".  In my experience with this item,
albeit limited, I had once tried to set the item active, and found that I
got the error.  In looking at the docs, the only reference I saw was using
that state to test whether a windows was active.  So, I  assumed  (you know
what they say....)  that was the way it was.  Since my needs were satisfied
at that time, I never delved further - until tonight.

Now - I see the problem.  There appears to be no way to make that item send
the selected key from an event, since "active" is not a valid selection.
However, as you mentioned, setting that item to "active" from the group page
does indeed make the keystroke happen.

Sorry for misleading you Kevin!  :)


Oh Mark?  Are we missing something here?


Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com 








-----Original Message-----
From:	Kevin Keast [mailto:libertyc@prodigy.net] 
Sent:	Tuesday, June 22, 1999 11:17 PM
To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com 
Subject:	RE: [ECS] Keyboard Event

Michael,

I must really be missing something here.  The following is straight from the
documentation on the Keyboard-Event Item:

"This Item may be used to simulate any keyboard/mouse activity in	any Window
(USE WITH CAUTION). It may also be used to determine	if a specific Window is
active."

Try and create an Keyboard-Event item.  It asks for Window a key and if you
desire even mouse activity to be simulated.

Additionally, as I mentioned before you CAN change the items state from the
group editor. Just not the event editor.

To send any program a key you should be able to set this item to a
state<Again this is right from the docs.

If I can't use this, how would I send key strokes to individual windows?

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael David [mailto:michael@michaeldavid.com] 
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 1:07 AM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com 
> Subject: RE: [ECS] Keyboard Event
>
>
> 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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