Hi All...

Are there any restrictions to calling Keyboard IOCtl functions in PM?  I
wrote a *VERY* simple utility (non-functioning at the moment) to toggle the
state of the xLock keys by using Checkmark Buttons.  The dialog window
(sorry, Peter) functions properly, and the messages are received correctly,
but the IOCtls are blowing the state of the keyboard (e.g. when the program
is exited, even if Caps Lock was returned to it's original state, it still
acts as if a SHIFT LOCK was in effect).  In full-screen, text mode, they
work (an example follows):

#define SCROLL 0x10
#define NUMBER 0x20
#define CAPS   0x40

typedef struct _xLOCK
{
    USHORT ShiftState;
    BYTE   NLS;
} XLOCK;

APIRET LedSetScrollLock(HFILE hkbd, BOOL State)
{
    XLOCK xl;
    APIRET rc;

    if (State)
        xl.ShiftState = SCROLL;

    rc = DosDevIOCtl(hkbd, IOCTL_KEYBOARD, KBD_SETSHIFTSTATE,
                     &xl, sizeof(XLOCK), NULL, NULL, 0L,
                     NULL);
    return(rc);
}

Any advice?

GeeCee/2
gchambers{at}maine.com

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