shane@chianti.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker) (07/23/88)
I'm completely stumped on this one. I've written a DA which puts up a menu which has a number of items. I can select the About box by hitting Cmd-A or I can close the DA with Cmd-Q. I also have Cmd-O to open a window. (Up to 5 windows right now.) As soon as I bring up a window (Cmd-O or mouse selection), my Cmd keys go dead. I can still use the mouse to select the menu items, and they work, but no Cmd Keys. Possibly relevant points. I am not attaching the first window to the Device Control Entry filed for the DA Window. I had stuffed a dummy window in there but it made no difference. (Possibly related bug, I could not make that window invisible. I created the window with NewWindow and explicitly made it invis. I also called HideWindow as soon as it made the window. Something outside the DA is making the window visible!) All this is being done in Lightspeed C 3.0. When I try to debug the DA with the debugger, it appears that SystemEvent is claiming that it handles the event (which it should I think), but my DA never gets called with the menu selection. The DA behaves the same way if I open it with Suitcase (not under MF), or if I build it into an application to use with the debugger. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Shane Looker Looker@um.cc.umich.edu
spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (07/23/88)
What exactly is the code you are using the handle the keydown event?
You might take a look at (my) generic C DA for LightSpeedC which is
in the Info-Mac archives on Sumex-Aim... it handles command keys, et al.
David
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XYZZYGLORPspector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (07/23/88)
What exactly is the code you are using the handle the keydown event?
You might take a look at (my) generic C DA for LightSpeedC which is
in the Info-Mac archives on Sumex-Aim... it handles command keys, et al.
Its DA-LSCGENERIC.HQX I think...
The window stuff _shouldn't be important, just make sure you put
(some one correct me if I'm wrong!) a nil WindowPtr there... otherwise
the window manager and its friends might get a bit upset. Since you're
using THINKC (I've got to remeber to say that :-) you can keep the window
stuff in an array and do all the updating work by hand...
David
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XYZZYGLORPshane@chianti.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker) (07/26/88)
In article <6860009@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU> spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) writes: >What exactly is the code you are using the handle the keydown event? > >You might take a look at (my) generic C DA for LightSpeedC which is >in the Info-Mac archives on Sumex-Aim... it handles command keys, et al. >Its DA-LSCGENERIC.HQX I think... > >The window stuff _shouldn't be important, just make sure you put >(some one correct me if I'm wrong!) a nil WindowPtr there... otherwise >the window manager and its friends might get a bit upset. Since you're >using THINKC (I've got to remeber to say that :-) you can keep the window >stuff in an array and do all the updating work by hand... > >David Bad news, David. Your code doesn't handle CMD-Keys either. I just grabbed it and put a command key into the About item. Closer inspection indicates that an Event, not a MenuSelection is being passed to the DA. The event is just the keydown of whatever key you are using with the Cmd key. Now for some more information. If I don't set the windowKind field, then Cmd-Keys continue to work just file. I can't drag the window which is right. If I set the windowKind field to dce->dCtlRefNum, the window drags, but the Cmd is stripped off and I get just the keyDown event. Has anybody else seen this? Is it me? Is it just my personality? I'm really starting to go crazy with this. Shane Looker Looker@um.cc.umich.edu
shane@chianti.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker) (07/26/88)
Well, I figured out the solution. I just need to call MenuKey myself when I get the keyDown event if the Cmd key is down. I can not find this documented anywhere. So never mind. Shane Looker Looker@um.cc.umich.edu
spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (07/26/88)
Yikes!!! You're right about generic DA. I had forgotten all about
menuKey .vs. plain command keys. Thanks for pointing that out!
...now I must off to the other side of the monitor.....! :-)
David
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