How can I catch keyboard events from all panels and not only the active panel? I'm working with CVI

[Nissim Trifonov]

Hi

First I want to make clear that I'm working with CVI.
I tried to post this message in the CVI forum and somehow it found it's way into the LABVIEW forum.

I need to catch keyboard events in a particular panel no matter which panel is active at the time of the key press.

More specifically, I have a pannel that launches numerous test routines, and a button that runs a set of test routines one after the other. Some of the tests in the set have their own panels. I need to know if at any stage "Esc" has been pressed because my program should stop running the whole set at that case. So I figured cathcing all keyboard events, even those that have been caused on other panels from the panel that needs to catch them, is what I'm after.

Can anyone help?

thanks in advance...

[cosmo]

Hi Nissim,

See this old post:
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Recycling the same panel callback function typically works quite well. If you use the syntax Al posted, substitute VAL_ESC_VKEY for the 6656 value.

[cosmo]

Dang, it chopped my link. Let me try it again:
forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=180&message.id=7673