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eykxas
Regular Contributor
8 years ago

Simulating Key Press

Hi,

 

I have a little problem. I want to simulate key press with Low Level.

 

I have this code :

 

function test(value){
  var i = 0;
  for (;i < value.length; i++){
    var chrK = value.charCodeAt(i);    
    LLPlayer.KeyDown(VK_SHIFT, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyDown(chrK, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyUp(chrK, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyUp(VK_SHIFT, 200);
  }
}

This code work perfectly. But when I remove the Shift press (for write the string in lower case), the method LLPlayer.KeyDown write the wrong character.

 

For exemple, if value is set with "A" the function simulate Shift + A perfectly. But if value is set with "a" the function simulate "1".

 

the charCode "A" is 65

the charCode "a" is 97.

 

but it return "1".

 

I need help to solve this issue.

  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    8 years ago

    That's because the KeyDown and KeyUp commands don't take the ASCII character string but the VK Code for the ascii character.  You need to call a Win32API method to get this to really work properly.  Something like

    function testlp(value){
  var i;
  for (i = 0; i < value.length; i++){
    var chrK = Win32API.VkKeyScan(value[i]);    
    LLPlayer.KeyDown(VK_SHIFT, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyDown(chrK, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyUp(chrK, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyUp(VK_SHIFT, 200);
  }
}
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    8 years ago

    That's because the KeyDown and KeyUp commands don't take the ASCII character string but the VK Code for the ascii character.  You need to call a Win32API method to get this to really work properly.  Something like

    function testlp(value){
  var i;
  for (i = 0; i < value.length; i++){
    var chrK = Win32API.VkKeyScan(value[i]);    
    LLPlayer.KeyDown(VK_SHIFT, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyDown(chrK, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyUp(chrK, 200);
    LLPlayer.KeyUp(VK_SHIFT, 200);
  }
}