roKeyboard

 

This object is used to wait for events from a USB keyboard. It can also be used to configure the localization of the keyboard. The JavaScript equivalent is keyboard.

Object Creation: The roKeyboard object is created with no parameters.

CreateObject("roKeyboard")

ifMessagePort

SetPort(port As roMessagePort)

Posts messages of type roKeyboardPress to the attached message port.

ifUserData

SetUserData(user_data As Object)

Sets the user data that will be returned when events are raised.

GetUserData() As Object

Returns the user data that has previously been set via SetUserData(). It will return Invalid if no data has been set.

ifKeyboardConfig

IsPresent() As Boolean

Returns True if a USB keyboard is connected to the player. This method counts a connected device as a keyboard if it reports having the following keys: "A", "Z", "0", "9", ".", and Enter.

SetNumLock(on_off As Boolean) As Boolean

Sets the numlock state for the attached USB keyboard if passed true. Resets the state if passed false.

SetLayout(layout As String) As Boolean

Specifies the localized layout for the attached USB keyboard. This setting takes effect immediately and persists in the registry after a reboot. The following table lists valid keymap parameters (players are set to "us" by default): 

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af

Afghanistan

es

Spain

kh

Cambodia

pk

Pakistan

al

Albania

et

Ethiopia

kr

Korea, Republic of

pl

Poland

am

Armenia

fi

Finland

kz

Kazakhstan

pt

Portugal

at

Austria

fo

Faroe Islands

la

Laos

ro

Romania

az

Azerbaijan

fr

France*

lk

Sri Lanka

rs

Serbia

ba

Bosnia and Herzegovina

gb

United Kingdom

lt

Lithuania

ru

Russia

bd

Bangladesh

ge

Georgia

lv

Latvia

se

Sweden

be

Belgium

gh

Ghana

ma

Morocco

si

Slovenia

bg

Bulgaria

gn

Guinea

md

Moldova

sk

Slovakia

br

Brazil

gr

Greece

me

Montenegro

sn

Senegal

bt

Bhutan

hr

Croatia

mk

Macedonia

sy

Syria

bw

Botswana

hu

Hungary

ml

Mali

th

Thailand

by

Belarus

ie

Ireland

mm

Myanmar

tj

Tajikistan

ca

Canada

il

Israel

mn

Mongolia

tm

Turkmenistan

cd

Congo (DRC)

in

India

mt

Macao

tr

Turkey

ch

Switzerland

iq

Iraq

mv

Maldives

tw

Taiwan

cm

Cameroon

ir

Iran

ng

Nigeria

tz

Tanzania

cn

China

is

Iceland

nl

Netherlands

ua

Ukraine

cz

Czech Republic

it

Italy

no

Norway

us

United States**

de

Germany

jp

Japan

np

Nepal

uz

Uzbekistan

dk

Denmark

ke

Kenya

pc

Pitcairn

vn

Vietnam

ee

Estonia

kg

Kyrgyzstan

ph

Philippines

za

South Africa

*Equivalent to the AZERTY keyboard layout

**The default setting