Problems with ESC & VisualboyAdvance

[moby ick]

I'm trying to get Visualboyadvance to run in fullscreen but the problem is it requires the esc key to hide the menu bar. Of course, Gameex then exits the emulator....

I tried the config below figuring the use of SendKeys={esc} and MapKeys=false would do the trick but it still exits the emulator after the delay. Not sure if it matters but I can't run it with ShowDesktop=False (it just shows a black screen).

Am i missing something? I don't think I uderstand Mapkeys real well I'm afraid....

Thanks for the help

Mike

Enabled=true

StartPageName=Gameboy Advance Games

TitleText=Gameboy Advance

StartPageLogo=Gameboy Advance

RomFilter=*.zip

RomsInFolders=False

ROMPath=C:\rom\GameboyAdvance

SnapPath=C:\rom\GameboyAdvance\snap

WorkingPath=C:\emulator\GbaAdvance\VisualBoyAdvance-1.8.0-beta2

MapKeys=false

WaitBeforeKeys=1500

SendKeys={esc}

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

AlsoLaunch=

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

MapFile=

Command=VisualBoyAdvance.exe "[ROMPath]\[RomFile]"

# using sendkey {esc} to hide menu bar so mapkeys is disabled

# {esc} will unhide the menu bar to clode emulator with mouse

[mightypeniz]

howdy,

while there's probably a bonafide solution to your problem, I'd take the easy way out , and just use the hacked version of VBA, which makes {esc} = exit/quit.

Check out http://www.screenshotarchive.com/downloads_emus.htm .

(these were all collated for Mamewah, but of course they'll work with any front end.)

Cheers,

Brett

[headkaze]

You should not need to do anything fancy to get VisualBoyAdvance working with GameEx. Try removing the menu by selecting it via the menu (File->Toggle Menu). Also set Options->Emulator->Auto hide menu. Now when you press ESC to exit it will show the menu for a few seconds then exit. When you run it again from GameEx there should be no menu.

[moby ick]

I Bless you and my spouse blesses you.

Just saved me another 2 hours of fiddling....