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Newcomers DBPro Corner / What is DarkBasic's Interaction with Windows

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Jon391
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Posted: 19th Oct 2002 00:21
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Hi Everyone.
I am huge newbie to DarkBasic so bear with me
Are compiled Dark Basic programs normal windows
apps? why I ask this is because I am working with
another program called girder which allows a remote
control to substitute keyboard commands, however when
I use say a button on a remote, my dark basic program
does not see the keyboard letter. Does anyone have
any idea? I know its a very specific application of
Darkbasic, but and help would be very appreciated.
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Mirthin
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Posted: 19th Oct 2002 00:49
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Do you use a sort of IR receiving device which is attached to the computer? If so, I think it requires windows support like a game controller. In the Control Panel there's Game Options or something like that, and you can add controllers. DB Classic will read these, but if it uses some other kind of interface, you'll have to write a DLL.
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The One Ring
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Posted: 23rd Oct 2002 17:34
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This is because DarkBasic programs use the DirectInput engine to process keystrokes. DirectInput basically sets up a keyboard hook to catch keystrokes fast and effectivly.

As a result, your DarkBasic apps (likely) do not process WM_CHAR, WM_KEYDOWN, or any other keystroke messages that normal Windows apps process.

You could try to read key values from the keyboard entry buffer. DB Pro has a new command to do that (I don't remember what it is though...).

Good luck!

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