frangers99
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Virtual Keys
I own a Compaq Presario Laptop and for those of you unfamilar with the Presario brand, there are some special keys that are native to the Presario such as the i, search, shopping, mail, and volume buttons. How do i find the virtual key codes for these special keys?
i tried creating a small app when on the keypress it send the integer value to a caption. this worked fine for all keys except the compaq special keys, on pressing the special keys, no value was returned (as if the key had never been pressed).
Any ideas?
i tried creating a small app when on the keypress it send the integer value to a caption. this worked fine for all keys except the compaq special keys, on pressing the special keys, no value was returned (as if the key had never been pressed).
Any ideas?
Mohammed Nasman
try to do that in keydown event with keycode, cuz in keypress will not capture all the keys
Try the same code in the "keydown" section of the program and check that the codes returned are correct for the vk keys.
for example:
...
vk_Back = $08;
vk_Tab = $09;
vk_Clear = $0C;
vk_Return = $0D;
vk_Shift = $10;
vk_Control = $11;
vk_Menu = $12;
vk_Pause = $13;
vk_Capital = $14;
...
Depending on what code you are using, it should show a value given for the key you are looking for although i don't have the compaq keyboard to test for the keys you mention.
for example:
...
vk_Back = $08;
vk_Tab = $09;
vk_Clear = $0C;
vk_Return = $0D;
vk_Shift = $10;
vk_Control = $11;
vk_Menu = $12;
vk_Pause = $13;
vk_Capital = $14;
...
Depending on what code you are using, it should show a value given for the key you are looking for although i don't have the compaq keyboard to test for the keys you mention.
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Have you tried checking for these vk codes?
Const VK_OEM_2 = &HBF
Const VK_OEM_3 = &HC0
Const VK_OEM_4 = &HDB
Const VK_OEM_5 = &HDC
Const VK_OEM_6 = &HDD
Const VK_OEM_7 = &HDE
Const VK_OEM_8 = &HDF
They may be mapped to the keys you are looking for.
Const VK_OEM_2 = &HBF
Const VK_OEM_3 = &HC0
Const VK_OEM_4 = &HDB
Const VK_OEM_5 = &HDC
Const VK_OEM_6 = &HDD
Const VK_OEM_7 = &HDE
Const VK_OEM_8 = &HDF
They may be mapped to the keys you are looking for.
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