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Ascii Code for Enter and Arrow

Can somebody tell me what the ascii code is for the ENTER key and the ARROW keys on the keyboard?  I am using VisC++ 6.0 on NT4.  I need to move a cursor on screen around, and I need to read arrow key inputs from the user.  Thnx!
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ascii code for arrow
up=    24
down=  25
right= 26
left=  27

enter is the same as (CR) which is ascii code 13
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This is what I have, and the [ENTER] key works, but the arrows don't.  Can you tell me what the problem is in here:

void movecursor(int * ox, int * oy)
{
      int x=*ox, y=*oy, fx=0, fy=0, escape=0;
      char set;
      textattr(26);
      do{
            gotoxy(x,y);
            cout << "[" << endl;
            gotoxy(x+2,y);
            cout << "]" << endl;
            set=getch();
            gotoxy(x,y);
            cout << " " << endl;
            gotoxy(x+2,y);
            cout << " " << endl;
            switch(set)
            {
                  case (25): fy=y; fx=x; y+=2; break;
                  case (24): fy=y; fx=x; y-=2; break;
                  case (27): fy=y; fx=x; x-=4; break;
                  case (26): fy=y; fx=x; x+=4; break;
                  case (13) : escape=1; break;
                  default   : break;
            }
            if ((x<2) || (x>38))
                  x=fx;
            if ((y<3) || (y>21))
                  y=fy;
            if ((((x>=10) && (x<=17)) || ((x>25) && (x<32))) && ((y>=10) && (y<=14)))
            {
                  x=fx;
                  y=fy;
            }
      }while(!escape);
      textattr(28);
      gotoxy(x,y);
      cout << "[" << endl;
      gotoxy(x+2,y);
      cout << "]" << endl;
      textattr(31);
      *ox=x;
      *oy=y;
}
Hi junkyboy,

Do you use Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0? And how are you able to use such DOS-specific function like gotoxy() and textattr()?
I'm creating a "Win32 Console Application" project using MS VisC++ 6.0, and I was able to use those functions by creating a customized version of those functions (got them from a previous answer by neitod).
It's your code... Why don't you put a breakpoint after your getch(), and just see what is it that your recieve when you press the arrow keys?
Thnx, but I already got the codes off a book.
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I've already got the code, as I mentioned above.  But, thanx anyways :)