Hotkey example

[Magnum]

> I have searched and not had much luck.

> I would like to have a hot key that would output text.
> I can't find much source code that addresses that.

> I know how to output text to a buffer and do a Shift Insert.

> I would like to be able to select different text depending on the
> situation.

> Any source for any compiler would be appreciated.

Don't you think assembly is the wrong language for this
purpose. Even C++ or Java is much to low level, do it
in GOOGLE:

[MichaelW]

I would like to have a hot key that would output text.

In what context?

[dedndave]

ansi.sys   :bg

[Magnum]

I would like to have a hot key that would output text.

In what context?

To output text.

Ex.

Ctrl-Alt-1 would send text to either the clipboard or be pasted in a box where my cursor is. (2nd way best.)

[dedndave]

i think sending it to the clipboard would require a shell extension

pasted in a box - like say notepad ? - or console window ?

[jj2007]

- check async keystate for your key (e.g. once every 100 ms)
- get the active/foreground window
- enum its children until you find the editbox or similar where you selected the text
  (note this is not trivial, especially with Firefox...)
- get the text with WM_GETTEXT
- insert it into your editbox.

[Magnum]

i think sending it to the clipboard would require a shell extension

pasted in a box - like say notepad ? - or console window ?

Someone posted code how to put text in the clipboard.

[Magnum]

- check async keystate for your key (e.g. once every 100 ms)
- get the active/foreground window
- enum its children until you find the editbox or similar where you selected the text
  (note this is not trivial, especially with Firefox...)
- get the text with WM_GETTEXT
- insert it into your editbox.

Simple would be good too.

How about just sending some text to the clipboard using a hot key combination.

I have about 4 or 5 different sets of texts that I would like to assign to keys.

I could hit whatever hot key combination I needed and do a Shift Insert to "insert" it.

[Magnum]

I found this.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163867.aspx