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Re: F12 and CD-RW open/close
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Re: F12 and CD-RW open/close


  • Subject: Re: F12 and CD-RW open/close
  • From: Chilton Webb <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:42:34 -0600

Michael,

I don't know if this is helpful or not, but sometimes Classic's Keyboard control panel will override this behavior on OSX.

Frankly, I hate this 'forced remap' of my function keys. I know most Mac users don't use them, but Flash, for example, has some features mapped to those keys. I hate that I can't use Flash as effectively now, just because I upgraded my OS.

I have no idea who to complain to about this either, though.

-Chilton


On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 02:20 PM, Christian Mike wrote:

I posted this once many weeks ago, and I didn't get a response then. This is
coming to a head for me, so let's try again. This might not even be the
correct list to post this question. If not, someone please direct me to the
correct list.

I have a program that I have used for years on other platforms. I am now
porting it to OS X. It makes use of the F12 key on the keyboard. The newer
CD-RW drive no long opens using the front panel push button. You have to
push F12 to open it. Somehow Apple's driver is gabbing it at a system level,
because the F12 key never makes it into my application even though all of
the other function keys do. I have tried catching key down events at all
levels of my application, but the F12 just never gets to me.

Does anyone know of a way to remap the CD-RW open to another key freeing up
F12 for my application?

Thanks.

Michael Christian
Thomson multimedia Inc.


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