[Gambas-user] Accent letters blocked

[Benoît Minisini]

> Hi all,
> 
> One of my Gambas2 projects is a simple app that lets our students learn
> typing. It blocks all Backspace etc. and counts keys/minute and so on.
> 
> In TextArea1_KeyPress() there is this part:
> 
>    IF key.Control THEN     'skip Ctrl+Key
>      STOP EVENT
> 
>    ELSE                    'skip all those simple keys:
>      SELECT CASE key.Code
>      CASE key.BackSpace, key.BackTab, key.Delete
>        STOP EVENT
>      CASE key.Down, key.Up, key.Left, key.Right
>        STOP EVENT
>      CASE key.Home, key.End, key.PageDown, key.PageUp
>        STOP EVENT
>      CASE key.Control
>        STOP EVENT
>      END SELECT
> 
>    END IF
> 
> (Everything else there is just for counting and so on)
> 
> Today we found that it blocks accented keys (like in French) as well, so
> there is no way to type é or è and such... The app has been running
> under Gambas1 on this machine for several years, and I only upgraded it
> to Gambas2 couple of weeks ago. So this might be a feature of Gambas2...
> 
> I cannot find anything wrong in the code above, do you see where the
> code blocks accents?
> 
> Thanks for all your ideas!
> 
> Rolf
> 

Please provide the full code, and note that Key.Control has changed its 
meaning in Gambas 2 (it is not a key code).

Regards,


-- 
Benoît Minisini