Send message to Keyup or Key?

    toneklang
    Feb 05 2011 | 12:30 am
    Hello Dear Cyclers
    I'm trying to make Max recieve numbers through the object Random connected to metro, into the object key or keyup. What I wan't it to do, is to think that there is being typed on the keyboard, so if I have a Key object, it will translate these numbers into qwerty values. I wan't to fool my computer into thinking that I am typing on the keyboard for a thirdparty program.
    Is this possible? Or am I facing too serious endless loop problems with this setup?
    /Toneklang
    • seejayjames
      Feb 05 2011 | 3:16 am
      you can't fool key or keyup like this, look for [mxj.autobot] on the forums. it's a Java class that can "create" keystrokes. a third-party program should be able to pick these up.
      on mac you can look for the [aka.keyboard] object too.
    • kaboo
      Feb 05 2011 | 12:16 pm
      take a look at this thread -> https://cycling74.com/forums/creating-a-keyboard-logger-help and see post #6 maybe you can modify the patch to your needs.
    • toneklang
      Feb 06 2011 | 10:14 pm
      Thank you both very much. Very helpfull information!