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Version: 9.0.2

gre.key_up

gre.key_up(
code,
[channel]
)

Send a key_up 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 CBSpaceUp()
gre.key_up(0x20)
end

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