MauseAndKeyInput

[RastaManKing]

hello!
im back to programming from a long rest and im having trouble in a routine,
maybe someone can give me a tip on how to achieve my goal.

i have a program that executes a procedure inside a TThread.ExecuteInThread(myProcedure);

the problem is that in myProcedure i have a KeyInput.Press(VK_SPACE); which brings up CheckSynchronize break in gtk2widgetset.inc

i tried setting up a boolean flag, and instead of executing KeyInput in threat, i change boolean flag,
then have a repeat..until infinite loop just monitoring the boolean flag and pressing space, but this locks my main form.. which brings me back to main problem..

any ideas how to achieve a key press from a background thread??? 

[Thaddy]

This interfears with the main thread messageloop. It can probably be done, but with some hacks. The messageloop is started in application.dorun, but that is private I believe.
On windows you need no hacks and you can use the SetWindowsHookEx api which can work with a thread.

[RastaManKing]

i should of specified, i am using linux.. any ideas on the type of hack that needs to be done for this? point me in the right direction??

[alpine]

Put KeyInput.Press(VK_SPACE) in a separate method PressSpace and call instead

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1.   TThread.Synchronize(TThread.CurrentThread, @PressSpace);

[RastaManKing]

Put KeyInput.Press(VK_SPACE) in a separate method PressSpace and call instead

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1.   TThread.Synchronize(TThread.CurrentThread, @PressSpace);

This worked perfect!
answer short and to the point,
thanks for sharing knowledge!

[alpine]

This worked perfect!
answer short and to the point,
thanks for sharing knowledge!

No problem.

Perhaps you should consider another way for doing this. Is the additional thread really needed?