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RTL Routines, SMG$, SMG$KEYCODE_TO_NAME
*Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)
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The Translate a Key Code into a Key Name routine translates the
key code of a key on the keyboard into its associated key name.
Format
SMG$KEYCODE_TO_NAME key-code ,key-name
OpenVMS usage:cond_value
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by value
key-code
OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned
type: word (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by reference
Specifies the key code to translate into a key name. The key-code
argument is the address of an unsigned word that contains the key
code.
The key code is returned by SMG$READ_COMPOSED_LINE, SMG$READ_
KEYSTROKE, SMG$READ_STRING, and SMG$READ_VERIFY in the word-
terminator-code argument.
key-name
OpenVMS usage:char_string
type: character string
access: write only
mechanism: by descriptor
String containing the name of the key into which key-code is
to be translated. The key-name argument is the address of a
descriptor pointing to the character string containing the key
name. The key-name argument is simply the name of the key (for
example, COMMA, PERIOD, KP4, and so forth).
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