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KEYREAD()
Reads already processed CA-Clipper keyboard buffer input
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Syntax
KEYREAD() --> cKeyValue
Returns
The returned string contains the characters from the CA-Clipper keyboard
buffer that have already been read and processed by the program.
Description
With KEYREAD() you can read the keys that have already been processed by
your application from the keyboard buffer. KEYREAD() offers the
possibility of "looking into the past" of the current program execution
so you can determine what the user has done up to that point. This
gives you the ability to repeat particular actions, perform and undo
functions, or build keyboard macros. KEYREAD() can also be very useful
in searching for errors.
Notes
. All the keys processed since the last execution of SET
TYPEAHEAD TO or KEYSEND() are placed in the keyboard buffer.
Characters already in the buffer, but not yet read by a CA-Clipper
program through an input instruction, are ignored by KEYREAD(). If
the keyboard buffer is empty (as at program start, or after executing
a KEYSEND() or SET TYPEAHEAD TO), the function returns a null string.
. In contrast to the Clipper release form the Summer of 1987,
KEYREAD() in CA-Clipper returns the entire BIOS key code as defined
in the CTSCAN.CH include file. If complete key code compatibility is
required for an existing application, the CT.CH include file must be
included. The CTSCAN.CH file also contains information regarding new
keyboard function behavior.
Example
cHistory := KEYREAD() // Prior input
IF RIGHT(cHistory, 2) == cSequence
? "You have left MEMOEDIT using Ctrl-END!"
ENDIF
See Also:
KEYSEND()
DSETTYPE()
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