Thread: Coverting char to BYTE.

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    Question Coverting char to BYTE.

    How can I convert the char type into the BYTE type?
    For an example:

    'a' would be 0x41.

    And:

    'A' would be VK_SHIFT and 0x41.

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    a character is a BYTE. 'a' and 'A' are not the same.

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    Okay, I am trying to use a char var in the keybd_event() function, but it wants a BYTE instead. How should I do that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cool-August
    Okay, I am trying to use a char var in the keybd_event() function, but it wants a BYTE instead. How should I do that?
    (BYTE)VarName

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    No offence Denethor2000, but I'm that stupid, I've already tried that a dozen times.

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    A BYTE is just a typedef for an unsigned char. Show your code and explain the problems you are having.

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    if you are trying to stuff the keyboard with some text just as if someone typed it at the keyboard, then use one of the keyboard functions, such as keybd_event

    follow the link and it will show you a list of all the VK_* keys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cool-August
    No offence Denethor2000, but I'm that stupid, I've already tried that a dozen times.
    You obviously aren't that smart since you haven't shown a single piece of code.

    Also going to move this to the windows board

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