My DOS program uses the Alt-Esc key combination. Using the keymapper I recovered all the other function keys that it uses. But I didn't see where I could recover this one.
what other function keys have you recovered?
The games that I have that use that combination (which, of course, would task-switch within WinDoZe), I remapped like this:
I simply remapped the Escape key to the "`" key, and within the game(s) in question, I then use the ALT+` key combination (instead of ALT+ESC).
In your custom "Mapper.txt" file:
key_esc "key 96" "key 27"
I have also used the same for games that use the CTRL+ESC key combination (which would normally bring up the WinDoZe start menu), so's within those games I then use CTRL+` .
Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel
http://www.richnagel.net
My program uses most of the single Ctrl, Alt, and Shift function keys. I moved the key mapper to Ctrl-Alt. I turned everything else off. I don't want my users to accidentally hit a key and have something unexpected start.
I don't yet have any users on a 64-bit platform (they are all in corporations). But I want to have everything documented for when I do. I will have instructions for the autoexec section of the config file. And I can provide the mapper file.
More important than putting the functionality on a different key is turning off what is now on Alt-Esc. It now shuts down the DOS window with an error. My users would lose their work.
