is a long press of a Key possible

[mroschk]

Hello,

does anyone know how i can perform a long press of a key in FSUIPC using C# ?

Right now i perform a "normal" keypress using
FSUIPCConnection.SendKeyToFS(Keys k, SendModifierKeys mod);
But tihs simulates just a "Keypress" and not a longer press of a Key.

Matthias

[John Dowson]

You can send separate key down and key up events via offset 0x3200, 
Are you using @Paul Henty's .Net client dll? If so, better to post in the .Net client dll sub-forum - I can move this post...

John

[mroschk]

Hello,
thhanks for the Answer, yes i use the client.dll for FSUIPC7.
I am not sure if they is from @Paul Henty. Its called "FSUIPCClient.dll".

Matthias

[Paul Henty]

I'll can a new method for this. Probably SendKeyHoldToFS. You'll be able to specify how long to hold the key for. 

Would that be suitable or do you need separate key down/up calls and do the timing yourself?

Paul

[mroschk]

Hello,
that would be nice.
But i think there must be any method,  or maybe a time in seconds in the method for the release of the Key.
Otherwiese it keeps being pressed 🙂
If you create this Method, please dont forget the Modifier Keys like shift,alt, strg 😉
Matthias

[Paul Henty]

I've tried this here using the Key_Press_and_Hold control. It may not do what you're expecting.

It doesn't repeat the key until you call the release command. So you don't get the action repeating.

You can try it for yourself and see if it does what you're expecting... Just paste this into your code and call.

sendKeyHoldToFS - holds the key for the specified HoldTime (in milliseconds) then releases it.

sendKeyDownToFS - presses the key down but does not release it.

snedKeyUpToFS - releases the key.

        private void sendKeyHoldToFS(Keys Key, SendModifierKeys Modifiers, int HoldTime)
        {
            // First make sure FSX has the focus
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_focus_restore, 0);
            // Wait for focus change
            Thread.Sleep(150); 
            // Send the key down
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_Press_and_Hold, (int)Key + ((int)Modifiers * 256));
            // Wait
            Thread.Sleep(HoldTime);
            // send the key up
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_Release, (int)Key + ((int)Modifiers * 256));
        }

        private void sendKeyDownToFS(Keys Key, SendModifierKeys Modifiers, int HoldTime)
        {
            // First make sure FSX has the focus
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_focus_restore, 0);
            // Wait for focus change
            Thread.Sleep(150);
            // Send the key down
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_Press_and_Hold, (int)Key + ((int)Modifiers * 256));
        }

        private void sendKeyUpToFS(Keys Key, SendModifierKeys Modifiers, int HoldTime)
        {
            // First make sure FSX has the focus
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_focus_restore, 0);
            // Wait for focus change
            Thread.Sleep(150);
            // Send the key down
            SendControlToFS(FSUIPCControl.Key_Release, (int)Key + ((int)Modifiers * 256));
        }

Paul

[mroschk]

Thanks
...let me check ... i will come back...

[mroschk]

Hello again,

that works very well 

Thank you very much !!

Can be closed.
Matthias