[WT-support] Caps Lock- ASCII code

[Clive Whelan]

Sadly Bob it did not. I have a suspicion that 20( decimal) is not 
actually an ASCII code for the key, but some kind of Visual Basic token 
but I am not sure.

So it looks like Mark is right and that there is no ASCII code per se 
for the Caps Lock key.

Clearly there is a way of intercepting that key as the base WT code does 
so, but I suspect this is done at a pretty low level in C++ and is not 
available to mere mortals. Therefore unless Laurent or Olivier can help 
us, we are stuffed I fear. This really is a shame as it prevents any 
possibility of automating the data entry shift to the second radio in 
SO2R, and that imo seriously limits the efficiency of WT in that mode.

The situation is compounded by the fact that it is not possible to 
redefine the Caps Lock key with Tools|Redefine keyboard keys, just as 
previously the Pause key resisted such redefinition. I have no idea why 
this should be so, and once again we are in the hands of the authors to 
elucidate.

There is a freeware programme called Caps Lock Changer which can 
allegedly do that at the OS level, but tbh I found it to be pretty badly 
behaved and deleted it. I know you are a more patient person than I am 
;-) , so perhaps you might like to give it a try. A Google search will 
find it.

In the meantime I'll keep commuting from WT to N1MM :-(

73

Clive
GW3NJW

Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
> According to this MSDN page 
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa243025%28VS.60%29.aspx> the 
> key code for Caps Lock (aka CapsLock) is 20 (decimal).
>
> Let us know if that works.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Clive Whelan 
> <clive.whelan at btinternet.com <mailto:clive.whelan at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>
>     Could some guru please tell me what the ASCII code is for the Caps
>     Lock key?
>
>     I'm fooling around with the new API
>
>     wtApp:SendKeyCode()
>
>     and can send all sorts of stuff, e.g. <tab> successfully but just
>     can't find a valid reference on line for the Caps Lock key which I
>     want to try out.
>
>     tia
>
>     73
>
>
>     Clive
>     GW3NJW
>
>
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