SendKeys

[Gildahl]

I have the latest version of GameEx and cannot seem to get SendKeys to work. I've tested it sucessfully in the past, but right now I am in the process of just trying to dismiss a nag screen in MESS by sending "OK" or {LEFT}{RIGHT}. Neither of these work (I've used delays between 500 and 10000 milliseconds)

I even tried some simpler codes such as {ESC} and {beep 1000 500} just to test and I get absolutely no response. What am I doing wrong?

Dave

[Tom Speirs]

Sendkeys does not work in umodified versions of MAME and as they share a lot of similar code probably MESS too now. They use RawInput by default and that is why. People get around this in MAME at least by compiling there own version. I don't know too much about MESS but I am assuming its the same scenario.

[Gildahl]

Ah, so that explains it. I suspect that's why I was having trouble getting JoyToKey working as well. Seems surprising no one has created a way to generate RawInput under software control using some kind of virtual device driver.

[headkaze]

Ah, so that explains it. I suspect that's why I was having trouble getting JoyToKey working as well. Seems surprising no one has created a way to generate RawInput under software control using some kind of virtual device driver.

I have and we've added this capability to GameEx but I'm not sure if SendKeys has been modified to use the RawInput hook. Tom I thought it was?

[Gildahl]

I have and we've added this capability to GameEx but I'm not sure if SendKeys has been modified to use the RawInput hook. Tom I thought it was?

Well apparently this works in MAME. When the "Bypass Warnings/Disclaimers" option is selected, it will successfully dismiss warnings put up by games like Zaxxon. I can't seem to get SendKeys to dismiss warnings in MESS, however.

[Gildahl]

People get around this in MAME at least by compiling there own version. I don't know too much about MESS but I am assuming its the same scenario.

Hi Tom,

I took your suggestion and custom compiled both MAME and MESS. I used the hiscore diff found in this thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64298.0

MESS seems to compile fine with the same diff as MAME and successfully eliminates the warning screens. So my basic issue is now solved. Thanks for the direction.