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RENJITHVR4
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Is it possible to count remote key press?

Here I want to count each remote key press.  I want to do following way
If "Down" key pressed for the first time => I can do something

If "Down" key pressed for the second time => I can do something more
A step by step job.


function onKeyEvent(key as String, press as Boolean) as Boolean
handled = false

if press then

if(key = "down")
//do something
end if
//and again if pressed, do something
end if
return handled
end function


So how can I count the remote down key press ? I hope you got the idea.
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EnTerr
Roku Guru

Re: Is it possible to count remote key press?

You need to persist the state between events. "m" comes to mind.

function onKeyEvent(key as String, press as Boolean) as Boolean
handled = false

if press then
if m.key_cnt = invalid then m.key_cnt = {}
if m.key_cnt[key] = invalid then m.key_cnt[key] = 0
m.key_cnt[key] += 1

if key = "down" and key.key_cnt[key] = 3:
//do something on the 3rd press of Down 🙂
end if
end if

return handled
end function
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RENJITHVR4
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Re: Is it possible to count remote key press?

"EnTerr" wrote:
You need to persist the state between events. "m" comes to mind.

function onKeyEvent(key as String, press as Boolean) as Boolean
 handled = false

 if press then
   if m.key_cnt = invalid then m.key_cnt = {}
   if m.key_cnt[key] = invalid then m.key_cnt[key] = 0
   m.key_cnt[key] += 1

   if key = "down" and key.key_cnt[key] = 3:
     //do something on the 3rd press of Down 🙂
   end if
 end if

 return handled
end function


Thank you, bro. But I got an error - Syntax Error. (runtime error &h02),  I have a doubt , is it key.key_cnt[key] or m.key_cnt[key] ?. 
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EnTerr
Roku Guru

Re: Is it possible to count remote key press?

"RENJITHVR4" wrote:
Thank you, bro. But I got an error - Syntax Error. (runtime error &h02),  I have a doubt , is it  key.key_cnt[key] or m.key_cnt[key] ?

Right, you got it - should been `m.key_cnt[key]`. 
This is just something i typed off-hand just for you - not something i have used nor tested. There be typos. The important part is to get the idea. 
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