Scroll Lock as Keyboard Trigger

[stupomer]

Hi All,

I seem to be having trouble getting Scroll Lock to be a trigger for a macro. I know how to send it (key J) but not to detect if it has been pressed or not.

Any ideas?

Stuart

[QM Assistant]

Trigger? Just put 'J' as the trigger?


Or

Code:

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rep
,;;your code here.
,ifk(J)
,,out "Scroll lock hit."
,,break

[stupomer]

Hi QM Assistant,

Thanks for the tips.

Trigger? Just put 'J' as the trigger?

Didnt work because in the trigger entry dialog, it interprets J as the letter j not as the ScrollLock command

The second option works but I thought it would be better to find out what the status of the Scroll Lock key is - Many keyboards have a light indicator for that. Is there a way for QM to determine that? If so, then I can run a context-sensitive toggle.

Any ideas?

Stuart

[QM Assistant]

Macro ( Scroll Lock Check )

Code:

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rep
,;;your code here.
,ifk(J 1)
,,out "Scroll lock on."
,,break
,else out "Scroll lock off"
,break

If Scroll lock is on, out "Scroll lock on."

If Scroll lock is off, out "Scroll lock off."

[stupomer]

I found this in the Help Files under ifk

RealGetKeyState
if you add the 0x100, it will return a 1 or 0 based on status
See below

Code:

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int ScrollLockStatus=RealGetKeyState(VK_SCROLL|0x100)

out ScrollLockStatus

if ScrollLockStatus = 1; out "Scroll Lock On"; else out "Scroll Lock Off"

Thanks for pointing me toward ifk

Stuart

[stupomer]

Hi,

I tried with

rep
,;;your code here.
,ifk(J 1)
,,out "Scroll lock on."
,,break
,else out "Scroll lock off"
,break

but since I want this to be true all-the-time trigger, I took the "break" statements out. It worked but CPU usage monitor went way up to around 50%. Normal triggers don't do that so there should be a better way.

Anybody have any ideas on how to make ScrollLock Key into a regular keyboard trigger?

Stuart

[John]

You need to enter capital 'J' into the trigger field.


Function ( Function14 ) Trigger ( J )

Code:

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out 1

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It worked but CPU usage monitor went way up to around 50%

If you add a small wait time it will take care of the high CPU problem.

rep
,0.03
,code

[stupomer]

I never used that window you showed in your screengrab. I feel kind of stupid. I was trying over and over to enter it into the regular dialog form Properties--Triggers->Keyboard but it wouldn't work via that route.
Thanks so much.
Stuart

[Gintaras]

I can enter Scroll Lock in Properties, like any other key. If you can't, maybe some program uses the key, or the key is unavailable for some other reason. Then the trigger will not work, even if entered directly into the toolbar as J letter.