Keyboard Help

[thedark]

whe almost need a keyboard tab in dsgm :-)

[Nobody]

whe almost need a keyboard tab in dsgm :-)

Agreed. It started out as a simple question, and now it's this complex system of everyone working together to produce the perfect keyboard actions.

[Foxi4]

I don't think a whole new tab is necessary. I'd add the keyboard controllers to "Control" and outputs to "Display".

[Nobody]

Foxi4, it was a joke. Also i made the If Enter pressed action and I also added a new action for those who dislike the keys staying lit up after the key is pressed. It is called Disable Key Lights. This action will still make the keys light up, but they won't stay lit up. Also i tried adding that code into the actions to be key specific but failed do to one error i can't figure out. Here's the action anyways. Could someone fix it please.

[thedark]

what error do you get
if it is in the enter action?
or is it in the key lights?

but you wanted it to be in one of the existing actions ?

i have seen you use the keyboard icons.
nice.......

[Nobody]

It's the Keyboard Text 2 action. I was trying to add if specific keys were hit then move the placeholder differently, but i couldn't get it to work. I keep getting a compile error which meant i typed some of the code wrong, but i don't know how to fix it. And thanks for the compliment.

[thedark]

a bit of an idea

!1! = PA_CheckKeyboard();
if (PA_CheckKeyboard() > 31) { // when key is bigger than 31 then var = var +1
++ !2!;
}
if (PA_CheckKeyboard() = PA_BACKSPACE) {
-- !2! ;
}

PA_OutputText( !3!, !4!, !5!, "%s", !6!);

is this what you want ?

[JanMulder]

I keep getting a compile error

Probably, I can help if you tell me what's in the compile error...

[thedark]

here i send you the error !!

[Foxi4]

Code: Select all

TYPE 5
DISPLAY Keyboard Text 2
ICON Draw keyboard text.png
CONDITION 0
ARG String,3
ARG Placeholder,3
ARG Screen (0-1),0
ARG X (0-31),0
ARG Y (0-19),0
ARG Text Variable,3
!1![!2!] = PA_CheckKeyboard();
if (PA_CheckKeyboard() > 31) {
++!2!;
}
if (PA_CheckKeyboard() == PA_BACKSPACE) {
if (!2! > 0) {
--!2!;
}
}
PA_OutputText( !3!, !4!, !5!, "%s", !6!);


Try this then. You forgot to add the Placeholder into the String[HERE]. Errors in if statements too. Also changed Placeholder = Placeholder +/- 1 to ++Placeholder or --Placeholder. Easier.

Locked out backspace if Placeholder = 0, too.

The keys aren't staying lit if you manually choose the Keyboard color too.

Why didn't you just copy-paste the pre-prepared code on the previous page, I have no idea. But, if you want to have your own version of it, be my guest.

[Nobody]

Again a compile error, this time using Foxi4's code:

C:\DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802>make
Build process start for project "DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802"...
.
main.c
In file included from c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/source/main.c:6:0:
c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/include/GameWorks.h: In function 'Object_1Step_E
vent':
c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/include/GameWorks.h:41:5: error: lvalue required
as left operand of assignment
make[1]: *** [main.o] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2

C:\DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

[JanMulder]

Again a compile error, this time using Foxi4's code:

C:\DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802>make
Build process start for project "DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802"...
.
main.c
In file included from c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/source/main.c:6:0:
c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/include/GameWorks.h: In function 'Object_1Step_E
vent':
c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/include/GameWorks.h:41:5: error: lvalue required
as left operand of assignment
make[1]: *** [main.o] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2

C:\DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

That's because Foxi did this:

PA_CheckKeyboard() = PA_BACKSPACE

instead of:
PA_CheckKeyboard() == PA_BACKSPACE

[thedark]

dSGM sep event

met deze error

[Foxi4]

Again a compile error, this time using Foxi4's code:

C:\DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802>make
Build process start for project "DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802"...
.
main.c
In file included from c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/source/main.c:6:0:
c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/include/GameWorks.h: In function 'Object_1Step_E
vent':
c:/DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802/include/GameWorks.h:41:5: error: lvalue required
as left operand of assignment
make[1]: *** [main.o] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2

C:\DSGMTempKeyboardTest57212802>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

That's because Foxi did this:

PA_CheckKeyboard() = PA_BACKSPACE

instead of:
PA_CheckKeyboard() == PA_BACKSPACE

Right, I didn't notice that. It was in Nobody's action though, not mine, I think. In any case, Fixed now.

[Nobody]

Ohhhhhh..... That makes since. Ok i fixed the action and i added the enter button which i forgot last time. So i've re-uploaded the Keyboard Text 2 action as Keyboard Text action so it will replace the old keyboard text action. Know that is out the way; how would you clear the text?

EDIT: Re-updated the action because the shift and caps wasn't working, but now it's fixed

[thedark]

!1![!2!] == PA_CheckKeyboard(); // watch out for the == and the ++ thanks to jan
if (PA_CheckKeyboard() > 31) {
++!2!;
}
if (PA_CheckKeyboard() == PA_BACKSPACE) {
if (!2! > 0) {
--!2!;
}
}
PA_OutputText( !3!, !4!, !5!, "%s", !6!);
// rest is up to you again

[Nobody]

I fixed the file above because it lacked shift and caps

[JanMulder]

!1![!2!] == PA_CheckKeyboard(); // watch out for the == and the ++ thanks to jan

Incorrect. This should be only one =. In an IF-statement it's a == else it's just a =.

[Nobody]

Jan, how would you go about clearing the string or setting a placeholder to a blank space without pressing a key?

[thedark]

Jan and me has made this action for you.
now whe can make a demo include all actions make it a nice package.
and i can work on the next project.

Clear typed.action

TYPE 3
DISPLAY Clear typed
ICON Delete keyboard.png
CONDITION 0
ARG Placeholder,0
ARG Text Variable ,0
memset(!2!,' ',!1!);
!1!= 0;

this removes all tekst that has been typed