How to control LED lights on keyboard?

[vanowm]

Hello!

I'm looking for a way turn on/off LED lights on keyboard without emulating press a button (send command)

Thank you.

[martin]

Hello!

I'm looking for a way turn on/off LED lights on keyboard without emulating press a button (send command)

Thank you.

What is wrong with using Send"{CAPSLOCK on}") etc.?

For turning the leds off without using send or pressing keys I find a can of black spray paint works quite well. Turning them back on is a bit of a problem because the paint remover tends to dissolve the keyboard.

[vanowm]

Well, in my script I've tried use it (created a loop that would turn on and off the scrolllock led, make it blink) and while it was blinking I had problem with CTRL key, like other hotkeys (CTRL+PGDN) wouldn't work

Other problem with this method, that in some applications scrolllock key might be used for something, and using Send("{CAPSLOCK on}") might create unexpected results.

In my research on google, I've found some console .exe files that can do that, but that method is not acceptable either for blinking effects for performance reason and possible annoying side effect if you have a sound set when executing an application in the system (Control panel -> Sounds -> Open program)

Edited June 8, 2008 by vanowm

[Cater]

use ^{PGDN} as {CTRL+PGDN}

Example:

HotKeySet("^{PGDN}", "_msg")

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func _msg()
    MsgBox(64, "", "Hotkey work")
EndFunc

[vanowm]

That's how I use it, not {CTRL+PGND} (note round parentheses in my post ).

But that's besides the point...