[Meenal]

When i run my application and press any keys nothing happens.I want to capture the key events.what am i doing wrong.

public class Panic_Entry extends MainScreen implements KeyListener {
    
    public Panic_Entry() {
        super();
        setTitle("Hello");
        Application.getApplication().addKeyListener(this);
        //super.addKeyListener();
    }
    public boolean keyChar(char key, int status, int time) {
        boolean retval = false;
        switch(key) {
            case Characters.ESCAPE:
                Dialog.alert("Escape");
                break;
            case Characters.DELETE:
                Dialog.alert("Delete");
                break;
            default:
                retval = super.keyChar(key,status,time);
        }
        return retval;
    }
    public boolean keyStatus(int keycode, int time) {return true; }
    public boolean keyRepeat(int keycode, int time) {return true;  }
    public boolean keyUp(int keycode, int time) {return true;  }
    public boolean keyDown(int keycode, int time) {return true;  }
}

[jfisher]

try this:

public class Panic_Entry extends MainScreen{
    
    public Panic_Entry() {
        super();
        setTitle("Hello");
    }
    
    public boolean keyChar(char key, int status, int time) {
        boolean retval = false;
        switch(key) {
            case Characters.ESCAPE:
                Dialog.alert("Escape");
                break;
            case Characters.DELETE:
                Dialog.alert("Delete");
                break;
            default:
                retval = super.keyChar(key,status,time);
        }
        return retval;
    }
}

[Meenal]

thx..it worked.

There is one pecular thing tht i have encountered and dont know how to solve it.it has occured atleast in pearl simulator.
when i click on the trackball and then on menu bittuon... two menus open up and both have the focus.Now if i click on the trackwheel,the simulator hangs up.i then have to exit the simulator altogether.
In my program i havent defined any menu items at all.
What exactly is the problem here and how can i solve it.Suggestion.The code is same as above with the suggested corrections by jfisher. I am also attaching a snapshot.

Could anyone suggest how i can handle it.

One more Q:
Can an application listen to keypad events when it is in the background?

[bemshaswing]

not sure about your first problem, that is weird. but to answer your one more Q, no an app can't listen to keypad events in the background, they're intercepted by whatever app is in the foreground

[Rose]

Originally Posted by Meenal

thx..it worked.

There is one pecular thing tht i have encountered and dont know how to solve it.it has occured atleast in pearl simulator.
when i click on the trackball and then on menu bittuon... two menus open up and both have the focus.Now if i click on the trackwheel,the simulator hangs up.i then have to exit the simulator altogether.
In my program i havent defined any menu items at all.
What exactly is the problem here and how can i solve it.Suggestion.The code is same as above with the suggested corrections by jfisher. I am also attaching a snapshot.

Could anyone suggest how i can handle it.

One more Q:
Can an application listen to keypad events when it is in the background?

Can you just clarify one thing whether two menus popping out at the same time happened once or every time the application is launched in pearl simulator.

[Meenal]

It happens everytime i launch te application in the simulator.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by Meenal

It happens everytime i launch te application in the simulator.

Try overwriting the make menu and see it happens again.

[Meenal]

Is there no way by which i can make my application listen to the keys pressed events? like for example I want to bring my application to foreground on pressing certain key combinbations. Is thier no way an application can listen to key events?

[jfisher]

not from the background no.