Keyboard¶

Methods to use the keyboard.

TKeyboard¶

Main record responsible with handling Keyboard input.

Keyboard.Setup¶

procedure TKeyboard.Setup();

Sets up internal TKeyboard values.

This is automatically called for you on the Keyboard variable.

Keyboard properties¶

The following are some of the properties that TKeyboard has available to control it’s behaviour.

Keyboard.PressMin¶

property TKeyboard.PressMin: Integer;
property TKeyboard.PressMin(value: Integer);

Get/Set TKeyboard PressMin value.

Basically the minimum time the TKeyboard keys will be held when typing.

When typing the keys will be held a random time between TKeyboard.PressMin and TKeyboard.PressMax.

Keyboard.PressMax¶

property TKeyboard.PressMax: Integer;
property TKeyboard.PressMax(value: Integer);

Get/Set TKeyboard PressMax value.

Basically the minimum time the TKeyboard keys will be held when typing.

When typing the keys will be held a random time between TKeyboard.PressMin and TKeyboard.PressMax.

Keyboard.KeyDown¶

procedure TKeyboard.KeyDown(key: EKeyCode);

Presses down the given virtual key.

Keyboard.KeyUp¶

procedure TKeyboard.KeyUp(key: EKeyCode);

Releases the given virtual key.

Keyboard.KeyPress¶

procedure TKeyboard.KeyPress(key: EKeyCode);

Presses the given virtual key.

Keyboard.IsKeyDown¶

procedure TKeyboard.IsKeyDown(Key: EKeyCode);

Returns True if the given virtual key is currently down.

Keyboard.Send¶

procedure TKeyboard.Send(text: String);
procedure TKeyboard.Send(text: String; keyPressAfter: EKeyCode); overload;

Writes the given text to whatever window is currently in focus.

First overload allows you to pass KeyWait, KeyModWait, and KeyPressWait, all are timing modifiers. Last overload allows you to pass a long a key to be pressed after the text has been typed, for example VK_ENTER.

Keyboard variable¶

Global TKeyboard variable.