PutKeyEvent

Put a key event in the event queue.

Declaration

Source position: keybrdh.inc line 151

  procedure PutKeyEvent(KeyEvent: TKeyEvent);

Description

PutKeyEvent adds the given KeyEvent to the input queue. Please note that depending on the implementation this can hold only one value, i.e. when calling PutKeyEvent multiple times, only the last pushed key will be remembered.

Errors

None

See also

Name Description
GetKeyEvent Get the next raw key event, wait if needed.
PollKeyEvent Get next key event, but does not wait.

Example

program example5;
{ This program demonstrates the PutKeyEvent function }
uses keyboard;
Var
  K,k2 : TKeyEvent;
begin
  InitKeyBoard;
  Writeln('Press keys, press "q" to end.');
  K2:=0;
  Repeat
    K:=GetKeyEvent;
    If k<>0 then
      begin
      if (k2 mod 2)=0 then
        K2:=K+1
      else
        K2:=0;
      K:=TranslateKeyEvent(K);
      Writeln('Got key : ',KeyEventToString(K));
      if (K2<>0) then
        begin
        PutKeyEvent(k2);
        K2:=TranslateKeyEVent(K2);
        Writeln('Put key : ',KeyEventToString(K2))
        end
      end
  Until (GetKeyEventChar(K)='q');
  DoneKeyBoard;
end.