EventData

EventData

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EventData:Int32

Returns: The data of the event, see the table. Keeps its value until the next call of WaitEvent.

Description

Gives the extra number of the event that WaitEvent took last. What it means depends on the kind of event:

Event	ID	Data	Source	X / Y / Z
KeyDown	$101	Scan code	-	-
KeyUp	$102	Scan code	-	-
KeyStroke	$103	ASCII code	-	-
MouseDown	$201	Mouse button (1 to 5)	Gadget	-
MouseUp	$202	Mouse button (1 to 5)	Gadget	-
MouseMove	$203	-	Canvas	Mouse position
MouseWheel	$204	Turns	-	-
MouseEnter	$205	-	Canvas	Mouse position
MouseLeave	$206	-	Canvas	-
GadgetAction	$401	New value	Gadget	-
WindowMove	$801	-	Window	New position
WindowSize	$802	-	Window	New size
WindowClose	$803	-	Window	-
WindowActivate	$804	-	Window	-
WindowScale	$805	Scale in percent	Window	-
MenuEvent	$1001	Menu number	-	-
AppSuspend	$2001	-	-	-
AppResume	$2002	-	-	-
AppBeginModal	$2004	-	-	-
AppEndModal	$2005	-	-	-
TimerTick	$4001	Ticks so far	Timer	-

Examples

Graphics 320, 240, 32, 2
win  = CreateWindow("Keys", 20, 20, 260, 120, Desktop(), 3)
info = CreateLabel("Press a key", 10, 10, 230, 60, win)
Repeat
	e = WaitEvent()
	If e = $103 Then SetGadgetText info, "Typed " + Chr$(EventData()) + " = " + EventData()
Until e = $803

Media

Related Commands

EventID, EventSource, EventX, EventY, EventZ, PeekEvent, WaitEvent

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