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Version: 9.0.2

gre.key_repeat

gre.key_repeat(
code,
[channel]
)

Send a key_repeat event to the application with the scancode passed in the parameters. channel is an optional parameter

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
code#stringThe UTF-8 character code to inject
channel#string[Optional] The Storyboard IO channel on which to send the event. If not specified the event is added directly into the current Storyboard application event queue if neither the environment variable or global GREIONAME variable are set.

Returns

TypeDescription
#booleantrue for success, false for failure
#stringnil for success and an error message, e.g. "Can't open greio channel my_channel" on failure

Example

function CBKeyRepeat()
gre.key_repeat(0x20)
end

function CBSendKeyRepeat()
local success, error = gre.key_repeat(0x20, "my_channel")
if(success == false) then
--handle error
end
end