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From: harryk@bucsf.bu.edu (Harry Karayiannis)
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Subject: Re: Getting ASCII value from scancode
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Date: 27 Apr 91 07:41:42 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.232519.12216@zip.eecs.umich.edu> heavy@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Richard Scott Hall) writes:
>I am having a problem.  It is quite easy to get the scancode
>for a key being pressed (by using evnt_keybd/envt_multi), but
>it is a little harder if you just want the ASCII value.  For
>instance:  
>
>   it is possible to press any ALT+<key> sequence in my program.
>   When I get a keyboard event, I get the keyboard state from
>   vq_key_s() (i.e. shift/control/alt), but I get the scancode
>   from evnt_keybd/multi.  So i guess what I am asking, is there
>   anyway to go from scancode to ASCII without having to define
>   all the values in my program?
>
>Richard Hall
>University of Michigan
>-- 
>
>Standard disclaimer:  I am not me, I am who you think you are...
>                      so don't blame me.



	You should use evnt_keybd() which returns an integer.

	Now, the high-order byte contains the scan code of the key pressed,
	and the low-order byte contains the ASCII code.



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