EventGhost needs SendMessage interface

[zehd]

sub, the author of EventGhost is trying to build a plugin for GB-PVR. Originally we started off with keystroke emulations similar to HIP uses.

However the author of EventGhost would rather SendMessage to GB-PVR to control the interface.

I have not been able to find that information. Perhaps it doesn't exist or is not public, or I'm blind.

Does GB-PVR respond to message from the Windows SendMessage interface?

[sub]

There is a couple of posts here that describe this info. Basically you can send message id 0x00008007, with wParam set to the key code. Some examples:

2007-04-23 17:08:36.883 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Up value=38
2007-04-23 17:08:37.437 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Down value=40
2007-04-23 17:08:37.940 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Left value=37
2007-04-23 17:08:38.459 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Right value=39
2007-04-23 17:08:40.491 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Return value=13
etc...

Sorry - your install wont generate these log messages, but these are standard key codes, so there should be a table somewhere. These give you a few matches to get you started.

[zehd]

There is a couple of posts here that describe this info. Basically you can send message id 0x00008007, with wParam set to the key code. Some examples:

2007-04-23 17:08:36.883 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Up value=38
2007-04-23 17:08:37.437 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Down value=40
2007-04-23 17:08:37.940 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Left value=37
2007-04-23 17:08:38.459 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Right value=39
2007-04-23 17:08:40.491 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Return value=13
etc...

Sorry - your install wont generate these log messages, but these are standard key codes, so there should be a table somewhere. These give you a few matches to get you started.

I'll write a quickie that will report each key press. Thanks...

[zehd]

I'll write a quickie that will report each key press. Thanks...

Would you know off hand, if 'CTRL' is 17 and 'y' is 89, and they need to be pressed simultaneously, what would be the correct number?

[Dava]

There is a couple of posts here that describe this info. Basically you can send message id 0x00008007, with wParam set to the key code. Some examples:

2007-04-23 17:08:36.883 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Up value=38
2007-04-23 17:08:37.437 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Down value=40
2007-04-23 17:08:37.940 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Left value=37
2007-04-23 17:08:38.459 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Right value=39
2007-04-23 17:08:40.491 VERBOSE [1] OnKeyDown: Return value=13
etc...

Sorry - your install wont generate these log messages, but these are standard key codes, so there should be a table somewhere. These give you a few matches to get you started.

Looking at this info, I wrote the following in VB6 to try to send an "up" message but it doesn't have any effect. Can anyone see why this would not work? It gets the window handle correctly but PVRX2 does not respond at all. I am using 1.1.5.

Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

Sub main()
PVRHWnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, "PVRX2")
Debug.Print "handle " & PVRHWnd
SendMessage PVRHWnd, &H8007, 38, 0
End Sub

[pBS]

here's a list of all the known codes...
there are modifiers for cntrl etc.
[explained within]
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post245818

[Dava]

here's a list of all the known codes...
there are modifiers for cntrl etc.
[explained within]
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post245818

Thank you for this, I just found the other thread too.

The problem with my code was the &h8007. I replaced this with the decimal 32775 and we are working!!

[pBS]

will the plugin be for gb or eventghost?