Hi,
I'm trying to use the GetKeyName API to get the name of certain keys
(in the system language). For example the names of SHIFT and RETURN
keys as well as the names of same special characters.
I tried to call the API GetKeyName passing the KeyCode of the KeyUP
event but got no result
scancode = (uint) e.KeyCode;
StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60);
int ret=GetKeyNameT ext(scancode,sb ,20);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
static extern int GetKeyNameText( uint lParam, [Out] StringBuilder
lpString, int nSize);
Sometimes the APi return 0 and sometimes it returns the name of
another character.
Can somebody post an example on how to use it? I could not find
anything worthwhile around.
Thanks. 6 6936
Hi,
Please do not cross post, I answered this post on the interop group.
I took a quick look at the MSDN docs regarding this function and put
together the following code that should help you get started.
[DllImport("user 32", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)]
static extern int GetKeyNameTextW (uint lParam, StringBuilder lpString,
int nSize);
[DllImport("user 32.dll", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)]
static extern uint MapVirtualKeyW( uint uCode, uint uMapType);
private void Form1_KeyDown(o bject sender,
System.Windows. Forms.KeyEventA rgs e)
{
StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60);
uint key = MapVirtualKeyW( (uint)e.KeyCode , 0) << 16;
int ret=GetKeyNameT extW(key, sb, 260);
label2.Text = sb.ToString();
}
You will notice that I had to use MapVirtualKey to map the key code and then
when passing the code to the GetKeyNameText function I performed a shift, in
the docs you will see that the scan code needs to be in bits 16..23
therefore I needed to shift the returned code to the correct position.
Hope this helps
--
Chris Taylor http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/chris.taylor
"kurotsuke" <ku*******@yaho o.it> wrote in message
news:0r******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... Hi,
I'm trying to use the GetKeyName API to get the name of certain keys (in the system language). For example the names of SHIFT and RETURN keys as well as the names of same special characters.
I tried to call the API GetKeyName passing the KeyCode of the KeyUP event but got no result
scancode = (uint) e.KeyCode; StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60); int ret=GetKeyNameT ext(scancode,sb ,20);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")] static extern int GetKeyNameText( uint lParam, [Out] StringBuilder lpString, int nSize);
Sometimes the APi return 0 and sometimes it returns the name of another character.
Can somebody post an example on how to use it? I could not find anything worthwhile around.
Thanks.
--
Chris Taylor http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/chris.taylor
"kurotsuke" <ku*******@yaho o.it> wrote in message
news:f6******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... Hi,
I'm trying to use the GetKeyName API to get the name of certain keys (in the system language). For example the names of SHIFT and RETURN keys as well as the names of same special characters.
I tried to call the API GetKeyName passing the KeyCode of the KeyUP event but got no result
scancode = (uint) e.KeyCode; StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60); int ret=GetKeyNameT ext(scancode,sb ,20);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")] static extern int GetKeyNameText( uint lParam, [Out] StringBuilder lpString, int nSize);
Sometimes the APi return 0 and sometimes it returns the name of another character.
Can somebody post an example on how to use it? I could not find anything worthwhile around.
Thanks.
Note that converting e.KeyCode into an int will give its .NET value in the
Keys enumeration which may or may not be equal to what the windows API
expects (I don't know). But here's a purely .NET way of doing it using
reflection, try it out and see if it gives you what you're looking for:
//in the KeyDown event handler:
string name = Enum.Parse(type of(Keys),
Convert.ToStrin g((int)e.KeyDat a)).ToString();
-Amit
"kurotsuke" <ku*******@yaho o.it> wrote in message
news:f6******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... Hi,
I'm trying to use the GetKeyName API to get the name of certain keys (in the system language). For example the names of SHIFT and RETURN keys as well as the names of same special characters.
I tried to call the API GetKeyName passing the KeyCode of the KeyUP event but got no result
scancode = (uint) e.KeyCode; StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60); int ret=GetKeyNameT ext(scancode,sb ,20);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")] static extern int GetKeyNameText( uint lParam, [Out] StringBuilder lpString, int nSize);
Sometimes the APi return 0 and sometimes it returns the name of another character.
Can somebody post an example on how to use it? I could not find anything worthwhile around.
Thanks.
I just realized - it doesn't really use Reflection
"Amit" <re***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uK******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... Note that converting e.KeyCode into an int will give its .NET value in the Keys enumeration which may or may not be equal to what the windows API expects (I don't know). But here's a purely .NET way of doing it using reflection, try it out and see if it gives you what you're looking for:
//in the KeyDown event handler: string name = Enum.Parse(type of(Keys), Convert.ToStrin g((int)e.KeyDat a)).ToString();
-Amit
"kurotsuke" <ku*******@yaho o.it> wrote in message news:f6******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... Hi,
I'm trying to use the GetKeyName API to get the name of certain keys (in the system language). For example the names of SHIFT and RETURN keys as well as the names of same special characters.
I tried to call the API GetKeyName passing the KeyCode of the KeyUP event but got no result
scancode = (uint) e.KeyCode; StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60); int ret=GetKeyNameT ext(scancode,sb ,20);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")] static extern int GetKeyNameText( uint lParam, [Out] StringBuilder lpString, int nSize);
Sometimes the APi return 0 and sometimes it returns the name of another character.
Can somebody post an example on how to use it? I could not find anything worthwhile around.
Thanks.
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 04:56:06 +0200, "Chris Taylor"
<ch************ *@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi,
Please do not cross post, I answered this post on the interop group.
I took a quick look at the MSDN docs regarding this function and put together the following code that should help you get started.
[DllImport("user 32", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)] static extern int GetKeyNameTextW (uint lParam, StringBuilder lpString, int nSize);
[DllImport("user 32.dll", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)] static extern uint MapVirtualKeyW( uint uCode, uint uMapType);
private void Form1_KeyDown(o bject sender, System.Windows .Forms.KeyEvent Args e) { StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60);
uint key = MapVirtualKeyW( (uint)e.KeyCode , 0) << 16; int ret=GetKeyNameT extW(key, sb, 260);
label2.Text = sb.ToString(); }
You will notice that I had to use MapVirtualKey to map the key code and then when passing the code to the GetKeyNameText function I performed a shift, in the docs you will see that the scan code needs to be in bits 16..23 therefore I needed to shift the returned code to the correct position.
Hope this helps
--
Sorry for crossposting. After posting here I realized that maybe the
interop newsgroup was better.
I tried your solution and it worked. Will it work on Win98, too?
I'm having a minor problem. When a key on the numpad is pressed, the
description shown is always the numpad one (so I get 9 (tn) and never
get the pageup, pagedown, left, right... codes).
Have you got any idea on how to fix this? The Keycodes are different
for pageUp and (numpad 9)
Thanks again.
Hi,
To get the information for the extended keys I think your best bet is to go
slightly lower level and handle the windows keyboard messages as they are in
the windows message queue. Add the following code to a form and you will get
what you are looking for.
[DllImport("user 32", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)]
static extern int GetKeyNameTextW (uint lParam, StringBuilder lpString,
int nSize);
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
if (m.Msg == 0x100) // WM_KEYDOWN
{
StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60);
int ret=GetKeyNameT extW((uint)m.LP aram.ToInt64(), sb, 260);
label2.Text = sb.ToString();
}
base.WndProc (ref m);
}
With regards to Win98, to use the GetKeyNameTextW you need the Microsoft
Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems you can get this from the
following link http://tinyurl.com/6wf9s
The original link is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
I *think* for 98 you can import GetKeyNameText, but this does not exist on
Windows 2003 so your code would have to check what version of the OS it is
executing on and call the relevant DllImport alias.
Hope this helps
--
Chris Taylor http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/chris.taylor
"kurotsuke" <ku*******@yaho o.it> wrote in message
news:u8******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 04:56:06 +0200, "Chris Taylor" <ch************ *@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Please do not cross post, I answered this post on the interop group.
I took a quick look at the MSDN docs regarding this function and put together the following code that should help you get started.
[DllImport("user 32", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)] static extern int GetKeyNameTextW (uint lParam, StringBuilder
lpString,int nSize);
[DllImport("user 32.dll", SetLastError=tr ue, CharSet=CharSet .Unicode)]
static extern uint MapVirtualKeyW( uint uCode, uint uMapType);
private void Form1_KeyDown(o bject sender, System.Windows .Forms.KeyEvent Args e) { StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder(2 60);
uint key = MapVirtualKeyW( (uint)e.KeyCode , 0) << 16; int ret=GetKeyNameT extW(key, sb, 260);
label2.Text = sb.ToString(); }
You will notice that I had to use MapVirtualKey to map the key code and
thenwhen passing the code to the GetKeyNameText function I performed a shift,
inthe docs you will see that the scan code needs to be in bits 16..23 therefore I needed to shift the returned code to the correct position.
Hope this helps
--
Sorry for crossposting. After posting here I realized that maybe the interop newsgroup was better. I tried your solution and it worked. Will it work on Win98, too?
I'm having a minor problem. When a key on the numpad is pressed, the description shown is always the numpad one (so I get 9 (tn) and never get the pageup, pagedown, left, right... codes). Have you got any idea on how to fix this? The Keycodes are different for pageUp and (numpad 9) Thanks again. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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