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Re: CharCode in KeyDown event on Windows systems

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Subject: Re: CharCode in KeyDown event on Windows systems
From: William Yu <william at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:08:02 -0600
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On 3/24/05 1:15 PM, "Björn Eiríksson" <bjorn at einhugur dot com> wrote:

> Is there something I should be translating in the CharCode in the
> KeyDown events on Windows systems ?
> 
> I got this from a customer:
>  
> 
> If I'm on a RB ListBox control and hit the delete key then: asc(key) =
> 127.
> If I'm on a treeview control and hit the delete key then: charCode=46.
>  
> A 127 in my ASCII table is the DEL key.  I'd expect that.
> A 46 in my ASCII table is the "." character.  Not expected.

We're giving you the raw Virtual-Key code on Windows, so 46 is VK_DELETE.
I'm not sure that's what we should be doing though (at least not for the
charCode parameter), so that's not good...


Regards,
William Yu
william at realsoftware dot com


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