From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Keyboard Handler
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:47:36 GMT
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 18:15:11 -0400, "Chewbaklava" <kalit AT ctel DOT net>
wrote:

>I am storing the value in an ine, and printing it as an int, so 42 dec.

That would be key "Left Shift On" according to QBasic's help file.

>The keys that are returning 2 42's are ones like thae arrow keys,
>insert, delete and so on.

You might have a funny or off-brand keyboard subsystem.

>Maybe you could just direct me to source code

The Allegro library has a working keyboard handler.  Even if you don't
decide to use Allegro for your app, you can still borrow code from it,
as its "giftware" license is X-style.
  http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/

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