shortcut for function keys (F8;F9)[SOLVED]

[atout66]

Hi to all,

Is there a way to make a shortcut for a button without the prior Ctrl or Alt or Shift keys ?
I can have Ctrl+F9, Shift+F9, etc., but I didn't find yet how to have only F9, or F8 keys.

Any idea ?

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Check out "rawKeyDown" in the dictionary.

This is a message, and you can use 65474 and 65475 as tools to do whatever you need to.

Craig

[Klaus]

And also check the entry for the "functionkey" message

[dunbarx]

Hmmm.

Did I misunderstand your question? Does this do what you want? In the card script:

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on functionKey var
   if var = 5 then answer random(999)
end functionKey

in a button script:

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on mouseUp
   send "functionKey" && "5" to this card
end mouseUp

Sort of the same idea. Do you see why?

Craig

[Klaus]

Sounds more like this (in the card script):

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on functionkey tKEy
  if tKey = 3 then
    send "mouseup" to btn "that namely button that shall accept a function key as shortcut, YO!"
  end if
end functionkey

[atout66]

Yes Craig, I see why, and the "functionkey" is exactly what I was looking for.
So I've put this code in the stack and it works fine

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on functionKey theKey
  if theKey is 9 then send mouseUp to button "BttF9"
  else pass functionKey
end functionKey

I suppose that if the handler is in the stack I can remove the "pass functionKey", right ?
Thanks to all of you

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.

[atout66]

It's strange because the script works with the <if> statement but not with the <switch> one ?

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on functionKey theKey
     switch theKey
           case theKey is 11
               send mouseUp to button "BttF11"
               break
          case theKey is 12
               send mouseUp to button "BttF12"
               break
          default
               pass functionKey
     end switch     
end functionKey

This code produce nothing
Why not

[atout66]

After some tries here is what I did finally in the code of the stack:

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on functionKey theKey
     if theKey is 12 then 
          send mouseUp to button "BttF12"
     else if theKey is 11 then 
          send mouseUp to button "BttF11"
     --else pass functionKey
end if

It works but the <pass> command makes an error while compiling, so that's why I leave as a comment...

Thanks and kind regards, Jean-Paul.

[Klaus]

Try this:

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on functionKey theKey
     switch theKey
           case 11
               send "mouseUp" to button "BttF11"
               break
          case 12
               send "mouseUp" to button "BttF12"
               break
          default
               pass functionKey
               break
     end switch     
end functionKey

[dunbarx]

Hi.

What Klaus said.

Your construction is not syntactically correct, though it seems to read logically. When you set up a "switch", you have to think of each "case" as the VALUE you want to test, not a CONDITIONAL. Do you see that? It actually makes for a simpler control structure.

Read Klaus' example, and this should fall into place right away. Now you can try thinking about the following:

case thekey is 11

This will not throw an error, though, as you discovered, it did not work. Why? What does the phrase "thekey is 11" resolve to, that the case line had to deal with? 10 points if you write back with the answer today.

Craig

[atout66]

Arrrghh ! I got it now

Thanks to you, I didn't understand that the <case> statement expected a pure value
I was used to code otherwise, that's why

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.

[Klaus]

This:

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on functionKey theKey
     switch
           case theKey = 11
               send "mouseUp" to button "BttF11"
               break
          case theKey = 12
               send "mouseUp" to button "BttF12"
               break
          default
               pass functionKey
     end switch     
end functionKey

will also work, spot the difference!

[atout66]

Klaus, it's strange because to me it didn't work previously.
Now, I stop working but I'll test your code tomorrow.
Good night

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.

[Klaus]

Bonjour Jean-Paul.,

Klaus, it's strange because to me it didn't work previously.

my latest script of DIFFERENT ("spot the DIFFERENCE") than your first script!


Best

Klaus

[atout66]

@Klaus:
Ah, I see... you use "=" when I used "is", ie:
case theKey = 11(good) instead of
case theKey is 11(wrong), right ?

Thank you for your teachings

Kind regards, Jean-Paul.