Scan codes

[Steve Fabian]

Up through V8's HELP there was a page (keyscan.htm) that contained the scan codes returned by INKEY and some other commands. This page is no longer available. Why?

 

[rconn]

Because it's an obsolete concept. It would only be accurate for one language, one keyboard, and one keyboard driver.

 

[Steve Fabian]

How do we find the return value of INKEY to determine what keypress is being reported without the table? Does one need to build a table manually for each keyboard one uses?

 

[rconn]

You don't need scan codes for normal ASCII or Unicode keystrokes. If you want to get extended keystrokes (beyond the predefined ones like the F1-F12 keys), you're on your own. And whatever you come up with probably won't work on anybody else's system -- or on another one of your own systems. Or on the same system when you change your keyboard ...