KOL-CE, Disable/enable or intercept hardware buttons

[JohnvdWaeter]

Hi All,

In my KOL-CE project I'd like to disable/enable or intercept the hardware buttons.

If I try to set the Kolforms KeyPreview to True, I get a compiler message that says:

Error: identifier idents no member "KeyPreview"

Would the Kolforms Onmessage-handler be the right place? If so, what's the message to look at?

Anyone?
tia
John

[Al Berto]

Hi,
to have the key preview I put the define clause {$DEFINE KEY_PREVIEW} in the KOL.pas, after {$DEFINE GDI}.

Then set the TKOLform.KeyPreview := TRUE.

Some buttons are managed by operating system so if you want to manage, for example, the Green button, you should tell to operating system (I put in the form creation):

SendMessage(SHFindMenuBar(form.Handle), SHCMBM_OVERRIDEKEY, VK_TTALK, MAKELPARAM(SHMBOF_NODEFAULT OR SHMBOF_NOTIFY, SHMBOF_NODEFAULT OR SHMBOF_NOTIFY));

where VK_TTALK=VK_F3;

After that, the OnMessage event of the TKOLForm will be called every button is pressed, and to know if it's the Green button

  if (msg.message = WM_HOTKEY) then begin
    case Hi(msg.lParam) of
      VK_TTALK: ...
    end;
  end;

That's all
bye

Alberto