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From: kyleg on 10 Aug 2006 09:34
Does anyboy know how to use the number pad numbers as triggers. I can get
enter/return to work, but not the numbers (only the numbers on the top row of
keyboard work. Need to use the numberpad. Are these considered special
characters?

here is what I am using for a test

if keyPressed("6") then member("you 6").text="you hit 6"
if keyPressed(RETURN) then member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER

any ideas would be appreciated

From: Darrel Hoffman on 10 Aug 2006 10:04
> Does anyboy know how to use the number pad numbers as triggers. I can get
> enter/return to work, but not the numbers (only the numbers on the top row
of
> keyboard work. Need to use the numberpad. Are these considered special
> characters?
>
> here is what I am using for a test
>
> if keyPressed("6") then member("you 6").text="you hit 6"
> if keyPressed(RETURN) then member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER

keyPressed cannot distinguish between numpad kays and the ones at the top,
it only cares about the actual ASCII value that comes in, which will depend
on whether the user has NumLock on or not. In order to distinguish them,
you need to use the keyCode. The keyCode values for the numpad are as
follows:

.. - 65
* - 66
- - 70
/ - 77
+ - 78
= (Mac only) - 81
0 - 82
1 - 83
2 - 84
3 - 85
4 - 86
5 - 87
6 - 88
7 - 89
8 - 91
9 - 92

In order to access them, you need to have an "on keyDown" handler, like so:

on keyDown
put the keyCode
end



From: kyleg on 10 Aug 2006 10:55
A really strange thing is happening

I found this example and works in authoring view but not as projector or
shockwave?

note this is in the moviescript so it is available at anytime during runtime

--------------------------------------------------------------
--This handler checks if a key was pressed.
--it uses a case statement to check the value of "the keyCode"
--when a keyCode equals a value the handler triggers
--remember that these values are "keyCode" commented as ASCI
-------------------------------------------------------------


on keyDown

case (the keyCode) of
82 member("you 0").text="you hit 0" --0 /play
65 member("you .").text="you hit ."--. / pause

36 sprite(4).ink=36 & member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER" -- enter
88 member("you 6").text="you hit 6"--6 /jump ahead
86 member("you 4").text="you hit 4"--4 /jump back
end case
end

what is strange is that the key code of 36 that has the ink change works when
this thing is compiled as .exe or .dcr

Below is actually a 2nd question:

what does not work (because I have the wrong syntax i guess), is running both
events off of key code 36. With if then statements you could use an "&" as the
seperater and have more than 1 thing happen. Can this even be done with case
within Lingo?

reccomendations?:confused;

From: kyleg on 10 Aug 2006 13:41
It seems that case statements using num keys have issues at runtime for some
events.

I have some luck with this method instead -------longer but works

on keyDown




if the keyCode = 82 then member("you 0").text="you hit 0" --num0 /play
if the keyCode = 29 then member("you 0").text="you hit 0" --0 / play

----------
if the keyCode = 76 then member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER"--num enter
if the keyCode = 36 then member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER"--enter
-- if keyPressed(RETURN) then member("you ENTER").text="you hit
ENTER"--enter
if the keyCode = 36 then sprite(4).ink=6 -- xtra action for enter
-----------
if the keyCode = 65 then member("you .").text="you hit ."-- num. / pause
if the keyCode = 47 then member("you .").text="you hit ."--. / pause

---------------
if the keyCode = 88 then member("you 6").text="you hit 6"-- num6 / next
if the keyCode = 22 then member("you 6").text="you hit 6"-- 6 / next
--------------
if the keyCode = 86 then member("you 4").text="you hit 4"-- num4 / previous
if the keyCode = 21 then member("you 4").text="you hit 4"-- 4 / previous

end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end if
end

for anybody wondering ---- 76 is the keycode for numpad's enter. This is not
documented and can not be tested with the message window as numb enter is
keyboard shortcut for stop running current project.

I used this to find it.

on keydown
member("findit").text = "" & the keyCode

thanks Darrel for your earlier help!

From: Darrel Hoffman on 10 Aug 2006 15:32
> on keyDown
>
> case (the keyCode) of
> 82 member("you 0").text="you hit 0" --0 /play
> 65 member("you .").text="you hit ."--. / pause
>
> 36 sprite(4).ink=36 & member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER" --
enter
> 88 member("you 6").text="you hit 6"--6 /jump ahead
> 86 member("you 4").text="you hit 4"--4 /jump back
> end case
> end

You can't do two commands on the same line. Move the other to the next
line, like so:

on keyDown
case (the keyCode) of
82: member("you 0").text="you hit 0" --0 /play
65: member("you .").text="you hit ."--. / pause
36: sprite(4).ink=36
member("you ENTER").text="you hit ENTER" -- enter
88: member("you 6").text="you hit 6"--6 /jump ahead
86: member("you 4").text="you hit 4"--4 /jump back
end case
end

The & operator is the string concatinator, so I'm surprised this didn't
simply error out instead. But the above code should work. I think. (Not
sure if the browser will capture the Enter key before the Shockwave does. A
lot of keys have that problem in Shockwave.)


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