Re: [AD] standing Windows issues

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Thanks. I'll see what I can do with that information to correct the
> > problem. Can you reproduce the capslock/shift toggeling bug as well?
> >
> > Evert
> >    
>
>
> i suspect the problem is here:
> /allegro4.1.15/src/win/wkeybd.c    line 151:
>
>       /* dirty hack to let Allegro for Windows use the DOS/Linux way of
> handling CapsLock */
>       if (((scancode == DIK_CAPITAL) || (scancode == DIK_LSHIFT) ||
> (scancode == DIK_RSHIFT))
>           && pressed
>           && (_key_shifts & KB_CAPSLOCK_FLAG)) {
>          keybd_event(VK_CAPITAL, 0, 0, 0);
>          keybd_event(VK_CAPITAL, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
>       }
>
> the same code appears in 4.1.14  and  4.1.13 and 4.1.12   and the 4.0.3
> has the problem existed for that long ?
> (presuming the above code is the 'problem')
> The comment  tends to indicate this is a 'feature'  not a bug.  (again
> presuming this code is the cause).
>  

It appears that is the problem.  With that section of code commented 
out, the caps/shift toggling bug does not occur, and everything seems to 
still work okay.  I'm not sure what that bit of code is supposed to do 
though.  The change was made in wkeybd.c in April 2001, so I doubt the 
bug has layed dormant for that long.  Maybe something changed with the 
latest versions of DirectX?


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   added input routines to the DirectSound driver by Nick Kochakian, and DirectX 3 compatibility by Eric Botcazou


If you're reading, Eric, care to comment?

Peter