Flirting with a strange keyboard, will you remember its language in the morning?

If it's incorrect and out of sync, someone should step up and try to fix it...

Sorting it all Out — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:03:32 GMT

So let's say you call GetKeyNameText to get the names of the keyboard keys.

As it says in the remarks

re: Flirting with a strange keyboard, will you remember its language in the morning?

Michael S. Kaplan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:23:53 GMT

Satchmo: see this blog for the answer to your question....

re: Flirting with a strange keyboard, will you remember its language in the morning?

Satchmo — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:15:59 GMT

Hi Michael, So why API GetKeyNameText() returns "Sys Req" instead of "Print Scrn" when using VK_SNAPSHOT? And why does it return "Num +" instead of "+" when using VK_ADD? I was thinking about using this function to display the keys in a settings window, so international users can customize the hotkeys of my program. -Satchmo

I've been to the desert on a dead key with no name

Sorting It All Out — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:11:37 GMT

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