[Newbies] Send a "global" keystroke from code

Rob Rothwell r.j.rothwell at gmail.com
Wed Nov 22 17:26:06 UTC 2006


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

Rob

On 11/22/06, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> 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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