Maybe OT here but: how do i get the key that is pressed in my routine

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From: Marc Antheunis
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:07

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hi,
at this point i'm coding against the OnShortCut event handler
i do get all the 'keys' that windows is providing to the application
but a ']' character for example comes in as 3 keys, so i really can't do
much with it
now the OnKeyPress event does get the key but is not the first in row who
captures the key so i aint sure i'm getting all the keys pressed
i looked at articles explaining that i have to implement a keyboard hook and
that i need a dll for it but i do not want to go that far (for know)
so is there a way in the OnShortCut event to 'know' what keyboard character
is pressed without having to interpret 3 calls to this event?

if this isn't the right place please tell me where to post this

tia,
marc

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