Posted by Howard Casto on 22, 2001 at 4:09 PM:
i've noticed a big post further down the board about esc key probs....
I assure you that unless you wish to use mame and only mame, remapping the key in the config menu is not the answer. Almost every other emu out there uses the esc key as the exit key and on those emu's it's not re-mappable.
However..... the nifty little api that i have put in the RD simulates keypresses regardless of what has focus and with a little work i could mod it to be used as a button remapper....
there would be some limitations however...
1. VB can't tell the diff between lshift and rshift, ect...
2. If I got it to work, a shift function would be very buggy if I could implient it at all.
3. Even though I could trap most of the "original" keypresses, a few would be bound to leak out... (not a big deal unless you reassign your action button to esc or something silly like that)
4. Another stand alone prog to deal with, and thus another thing to add to you bat file or startup folder.
:(
would there be any interest in this type of prog?
if i get enough responses i'll add it to my ever-increasing pile of "emulation stuff to do"
:)