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Hi,

I am designing a program which requires two things (in certain parts of the program):

-Num Lock to be forced ON
-Caps Lock to be forced OFF

I'm a complete script novice, so I don't know if these actions can be done using script. If they can, I'd very much like to know how. Any help would be much appreciated

SetKeyState("N",true) will turn on Num lock

SetKeyState("N",false) will turn off Num lock

SetKeyState("C",true) will turn on Caps lock

SetKeyState("C",false) will turn off Caps lock

You can also check for the state of a key by using
if ( SetKeyState( "N", true ) )
{
code
}

do you need help to attach the script to a trigger?

Sandy

GetKeyState("C")

Will also work for checking.

Mack

Thanks guys! We would most likely use an 'on page load' trigger - can we just put that script into the 'script' action with that trigger?

EDIT: Just tested and it works fine, cheers to both of you

Ok, here's another question:

Is there any script to completely disable a key, e.g Caps Lock?

There is no script to disable the key. I think it can be done through the registry, so if you have control of the PC, then that would be an option.... but not very nice.
You could check for the key state at certain critical times, then turn it off if it has been selected, but that may not be foolproof.
Another possibility is to register an event handler which turns off the key if someone selects it.

here is a starter for 10


this small code should go into a script object.
when you press a key, it will open a debug window and show which key was pressed. (Note if you use the keypress EVENT, it will only trigger on character keys, so will not work on caps lock and shify, but keydown EVENT will detect all keys).
In the function, you would have to check for caps lock key (code 20) being pressed, then turn it off. I'm not sure how much resource a handler uses, but you can register/unregister as required.

I leave the office for some coffee and Sandyn's answer the question already...getting slow in my old age.

Anyway, was doing a different way - but same principle. Opus includes a trigger called key release - just press the CAPSLOCKs key in the box and it will activate whenever the key is pressed. Add Sandyn's original script to turn the key off every time the trigger is activated.

I've used a dozen key release triggers before on a publication with no hint of resource hogging.

Mack

You deserve a coffee break for all the brilliant help you give people on here!!

I second this, mack - your solution works great. Thanks very much to both of you

Sorry to bring up an old topic, but I need some help again...

What I'm trying to do is show a text box based on whether Caps Lock is on or not. The code I'm using in the script at the moment is as follows:

if ( ( "C", true ) )
{capscheck = "yes"}

capscheck is just the variable I'm using to display the text box.

At the moment, that variable is being set to "yes" regardless of whether Caps Lock is actually on or not.

Is there something I'm doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Jay,

Add the following code to a trigger such as Key Release (Any):



It'll hide the object 'textBox' when Caps is on and show it when caps is off.

It's the same as



Mack

Hi Mack,

Thanks, that worked great!