KeyPress

[davman2002]

I am trying to capture the Key that was pressed by the user. However I keep getting a mesage saying that it cannot convert a string type to a double. Here is my code. Any help is appreciated.

void __fastcall TfrmMain::MoveShip(TObject *Sender, char &Key)
{

if (Key == AnsiString("j&quot)
picShip->Left = picShip->Left + 5;
}

 

[butthead]

try

if (Key == 'j')
picShip->Left = picShip->Left + 5;

to much ansistring

tomcruz.net

 

[davman2002]

I tried to use

if (Key == 'j')
picShip->Left = picShip->Left + 5;

But I get the same message as before Cannot convert string type to a double. really doesn't make any sense to me because if I use Key == 112 (Whcich I believe is the Ansi Equivalent it doesn't work either

 

[2ffat]

Are you sure the problem isn't in

Left + 5

? Key is defined as a character and so is

'j'

. Is

picShip->Left

a string? James P. Cottingham

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[psemianonymous]

Find out specifically which line the error is occuring on. It could be any of three places:
1. The if statement
2. The line below the if statement
3. Wherever you called this function from.
4. Some random place where you forgot a semicolon/curly brace.


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[butthead]

what exactly is MoveShip

try
if (Key == VK_J) // just searching

tomcruz.net

 

[davman2002]

Thanks for all the help,

I finally got it to work using

if (Key == 'j' || Key == 'J');

butthead MoveShip is a function that I created to move the pic around the screen.