Re: Tweaking default java.awt.Robot settings

[David Herron <David.Herron@Sun.COM>]

Lillian Angel wrote:
> David Herron wrote:
>> [resending because the mailing list thingy told me I had to use only 
>> plain text messages...]
>>
>> Hmmm.. here's the meat of the test
>>
>>  public void runTest(int code, char chr)
>>  {
>>    KeyEvent e = new KeyEvent(f, KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, 0, 0, code, 
>> chr, KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_STANDARD);
>>    f.dispatchEvent(e);
>>        f.setSize(200,200);
>>    f.show();
>>    r.mouseMove(60, 60);
>>
>>    r.keyPress(code);
>>    r.keyRelease(code);
>>    h.check(key, (int) chr);
>>  }
>>
>> I don't understand this.  If you're going to create a Java event why 
>> use Robot, or vice versa...?
>
> The test was done this way to determine if the right key was pressed. 
> See the inner class (myFrame) which has 1 function (keyDown) which 
> sets a variable (key) to the key that was pressed.
>
> While it might be incorrect, I am unsure how else we can determine 
> that the correct key was pressed without dispatching an event.
>
> Lillian
>

Maybe I misread the code in my brief look.

The side effect of using Robot to keyPress and keyRelease should be the 
dispatch of two KeyEvent's.  That's why I said those two lines should 
go, because the way I read it they're masking whether Robot successfully 
delivered the KeyEvent's.


- David Herron