keybd_event_() and German umlauts

[milan1612]

I can't find any information related to using keybd_event_() with German umlauts,
especially when not using the German keyboard layout (I got a UK keyboard yesterday).

(There are no virtual key codes for them)
There is the VK_PACKET constant, that allows to send unicode characters,
but I don't know how to use it and if it is appropriate for my problem...

Anybody?

[Kaeru Gaman]

.... I would use GetAsyncKeystate and check for the "native" KeyValue ...

I think "[" and "]" are two of them...

[milan1612]

.... I would use GetAsyncKeystate and check for the "native" KeyValue ...

I think "[" and "]" are two of them...

keybd_event() is to send keyboard input, not to retrieve it

As I read that keybd_event is outdated, I tried with the alternative SendInput():

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Procedure SendKey(chr)
  Protected Input.INPUT
  #KEYEVENTF_UNICODE = 4
  
  RtlZeroMemory_(@input, SizeOf(INPUT))
  Input\type = #INPUT_KEYBOARD
  Input\ki\wScan = chr
  input\ki\dwFlags = #KEYEVENTF_UNICODE
  
  SendInput_(1, @Input, SizeOf(INPUT))
  
  Input\type = #INPUT_KEYBOARD
  Input\ki\wScan = chr
  Input\ki\dwFlags = #KEYEVENTF_UNICODE | #KEYEVENTF_KEYUP
  
  SendInput_(1, @Input, SizeOf(INPUT))
EndProcedure 

And this seems to work with Umlauts

[Kaeru Gaman]

keybd_event() is to send keyboard input, not to retrieve it

Oy!
I'm tho thorry...