Multikey And Text Mode.

MystikShadows · Post by **MystikShadows** » Sep 12, 2008 10:22

Hi everyone,

Ok, I have this program that test if the user pressed SHIFT (any of them).

If I'm in graphics mode that works great with Multikey. But of I'm in regular text mode (SCREEN 0), SHIFT isn't being detected at all.

If multikey doesn't work in text mode, is there another way to get the status of the shift keys (or CTRL or ALT)? I don't want to call this a bug until someone tells me that multikey should work in SCREEN 0

I'm using FB 0.20.0b running in Windows XP SP2 if that helps.

Thanks

phishguy · Post by **phishguy** » Sep 12, 2008 11:46

It works for me. FB 0.20.0b. Win2K.

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do
    locate 1,1
if multikey(42) then 
    print "Shift pressed"
else
    cls
    end if
sleep 1
loop until inkey$ = chr$(27)

Antoni · Post by **Antoni** » Sep 12, 2008 11:54

phishguy code works for me
FB0.20 in WinXP SP3 here

MystikShadows · Post by **MystikShadows** » Sep 12, 2008 15:31

Weird.

I tried with the enumeration for FB Keys and with 42 and it doesn't want to work. hmmm

phishguy · Post by **phishguy** » Sep 12, 2008 15:43

I tried the above code using fb.sc_lshift and fb.sc_rshift. They both work ok for me. However, it doesn't differentiate between a right or left shift for me.

MystikShadows · Post by **MystikShadows** » Sep 12, 2008 22:42

Hmm weird...just before I push this any further...I'm gonne delete and reinstall freebasic 0.20.0b and see what happens.

I'll let you know when it's reinstalled.

wolfstar · Post by **wolfstar** » Sep 13, 2008 11:10

Do you have windows sticky keys on? The program can act differently depending on whether it's on or not. Just thought I'd mention....