Extra / Media (Consumer Control) Keys In Single Tasking Program

Hi guys,

Is there any way I can read the state of buttons on extended keyboards / mice?

I know this has been asked before (and I am damned if I can find where I asked it!), but basically is there a way (outside of the WIMP) where I can read the extra buttons pressed.

Ideally I would like to offer a “press a key to represent play” functionality, however I am current only reading the keyboard by INKEY.

Obviously things like !HID exist, however this doesn’t appear to work on the nightly build (High Vector issue?), and I cannot see a way to use this from outside the WIMP.

Is there a way to interrogate the keyboard directly, and listen to it’s data for the keys?

TIA

Michael

If I remember correctly, the media keys hang off a different endpoint and use a different protocol. In other words, the standard keyboard driver just won’t see them. I’d like this to be resolved as most keyboards these days have extra keys, but developers…

Bummer :(

So I guess the question is, what is needed to do this, and should this be a bounty? :P