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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Reading scan codes
Message-ID: <311@nonvon.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-May-87 23:12:17 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 12 23:12:17 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 01:18:03 EDT
References: <476@catnip.UUCP>
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in article <476@catnip.UUCP>, ben@catnip.UUCP (Bennett Broder) says:
> 
> I am writing a program using Quick Basic, and I would like to be able to
> determine if the shift keys are pressed.  I figure that there must be
> a way to read the port that the keyboard is connected to in order to
> determine this, but I am unsure of exactly what must be done.  Could
> someone shed a little light on the subject?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ben Broder
> {ihnp4,decvax} !hjuxa!catnip!ben
> {houxm,clyde}/


	shift keys are just like any other keys... you get a make code and
a break code. I do not know under what facilities you can access this in QB.

-Alex Novickis