Re: send function keys to a legacy DOS program

From	Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: send function keys to a legacy DOS program
Date	2011-03-29 15:09 +0000
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Alexander Gattin wrote:
> Another thing is that you may need to send key
> release after key press in order for the
> application to trigger the F5/F2/F7 event. I'm not
> sure what the scan codes for F5/F2/F7 releases
> are, but think that they may be:
>
> F5: 0xBF
> F2: 0xBC
> F7: 0xC1

True.  The key-release codes are the key-press codes (the "key numbers")
but with the high-order bit set.

	Mel.

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Re: send function keys to a legacy DOS program Alexander Gattin <xrgtn@yandex.ru> - 2011-03-29 16:59 +0300
  Re: send function keys to a legacy DOS program Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-03-29 15:09 +0000

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