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Keycode constants for a vertical bar or reverse slash

A search for "keyboard constants" in MS Word help or a Google search brings up a table of Keycode constants. Neither location shows a keycode for the "\" (reverse slash) or the "|" (vertical bar, which is a shift + the reverse slash).

I am using the following command in VBA to program a shortcut to run a subroutine:

KeyBindings.Add KeyCategory:=wdKeyCategoryMacro, _
Command:="MontTableToAutoCorrect", _
KeyCode:=BuildKeyCode(wdKeyShift, wdKeyAlt, wdKeyM)

That programs a Shift+Alt+M to run the "MontTableToAutoCorrect" subroutine. I would like to change it to a Shift+Alt+|, which would mean I should change wdKeyM. I just cannot see what the keyboard constant would be for a vertical bar.

Thanks!
--j.r.a.

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JohnRobinAllen

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The solution is so simple, I am ashamed I did not think of it. Constants are just numbers with a fancy name. If there is no constant for a given key, or for anything else, one can just use the number itself.

The solution is so simple, it makes me feel justifiably stupid. I am grateful for the help.

Thanks!

JohnRobinAllen

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I realize that this question is closed, but despite my premature enthusiasm for the solution I had accepted six years ago,
that solution above will not work.

In the interests of resolving the question for others, there is a solution. To code for a vertical bar, use two codes, as in:

BuildKeyCode(wdKeyShift, wdKeyBackSlash, wdKeyControl, wdKeyAlt)

where "wdKeyShift, wdKeyBlackSlash" effectively indicate the otherwise missing constant for a vertical bar. To type a vertical bar on a keyboard, you have to type Shift + the backslash.
--John Robin Allen, Priddis, Alberta