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Re: Send a "global" keystroke from code: msg#00154

Subject: Re: Send a "global" keystroke from code
See the class comment of EventSensor.

- Bert -

On Nov 22, 2006, at 18:26 , Rob Rothwell wrote:

Thanks; could anyone point me in the right direction to generate said keyboard event?!

Rob

On 11/22/06, Bert Freudenberg < bert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Nov 22, 2006, at 8:12 , Rob Rothwell wrote:

> Hello--
>
> I am playing around with a serial port barcode scanner.  The
> SerialPort class is pretty straightforward and I can read the
> input, but is there a way to then turn that input string into
> keystrokes that would just be sent to the active window in Squeak?
>
> All I really want to do is start a task that watches for serial
> input and simulates "global" keystrokes as if the user was typing.
>
> I imagine the answer to this question will greatly enhance my
> understanding of events in Squeak...!

Add your generated keyboard event to

        Sensor eventQueue

- Bert -





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