Async3DKeyboard
Return a string indicating which keys on the keyboard are pressed
Syntax
Async3DKeyboard <ScenarioPath> {On | Off}
Description
The Async3DKeyboard Connect command returns a string indicating which keys on the keyboard are pressed.
- Turn on Asynchronous mode using the ConControl Connect command.
- Ensure that the 3D Graphics window is the active window.
- Send the Async3DKeyboard command.
- Connect will return a string indicating which keys on the keyboard are pressed for all open 3D Graphics windows at the time the command was sent.
The keystring returned will contain spaces to separate the window number and the keys pressed (e.g., <WinNumber> <Keystring>).
More than one key can be returned when one of the system keys is pressed.
Examples
To turn on the Async3DKeyboard allowing Connect to return information about what keys are pressed:
Async3DKeyboard * On
Return message
Pressing the a key while the first 3D window is active, will return some something like the following:1 APressing the i key with the Ctrl key held down, will return some something like the following:
1 Ctrl IPressing the j key with the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys held down, will return some something like the following:
1 Alt Ctrl Shift J
Group membership
This command belongs to the following group(s):
Version
4.3