Key scan codes in API (DLL calls)

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From: Anthony Benavidez
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:00

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I'm currently a certified TracerX programmer and am just finishing up my VB
certification. I'm trying to write an application that looks for key scan
codes, in VB, that I will execute from TracerX.

I've tried using API and have found a an entry call GetKeyState. This is
probably what I'm looking for, however, I can find no documentation on the
data strings this call expects to receive, nor have I been able to find out
what the return codes are. I assume that when I find the correct data to
post to this function, it will return an ASCII value for the depressed key.

I need to run this application in the background, until such a time that I
terminate the call.

Any ideas? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

--
Anthony F. Benavidez
tony@smartlincla.com

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From: "Anthony Benavidez" <abenavidez@earthlink.net>
Subject: Key scan codes in API (DLL calls)
Date: 2000/07/27
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