Question on message handling

[Ken Ray]

On 10/13/05 9:12 AM, "Jim Hurley" <jhurley at infostations.com> wrote:

> on keyDown theKey
> 
> switch theKey
> case "/"
>    send "mouseUP" to button "pause"
>    break
> case "\"
>    send "mouseUP" to button "resume"
>    break
> default
>    pass keyDown
> end switch
> 
> end keyDown
> 
> What I found surprising (and welcome) is that the back and forward
> slashes never appear in the field.

The reason for this is that you never pass the 'keydown' when the user types
"/" or "\". The only time keys will actually appear in a field is if the
keydown handler passes them.


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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Email: kray at sonsothunder.com