WKBUF-LOAD-FROM-FILE

This operation reads keystrokes from a file and adds them to the keyboard buffer.

Syntax

CALL "W$KEYBUF" USING WKBUF-LOAD-FROM-FILE                         fileName                 GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

WKBUF-LOAD-FROM-FILE	Constant
fileName	PIC X(n)	Specifies the path and the name of the file where to read keystrokes. File Handling Configuration properties don’t affect the search of this file. The keycode string read from the file can be composed by letters, numbers and special keycodes. Special keycodes must be used with Acucobol-GT syntax and must be placed between curly brackets. For example, in order to send “A”, “B” and enter to the runtime, the following string should be used “AB{^M}” The following special keycodes are supported: -----------+------------ Key code | Description -----------+------------ ^M | enter ^I | tab ZB | backspace ^[ | escape k1 - k0 | F1 - F10 K1 - K0 | F11 - F20 kh | home kl | left arrow kr | right arrow ku | up arrow kd | down arrow

Return Code:

returnCode can be any numeric data item and provides additional information:

0	Operation successful.
1	Operation failed.