Problem with Virtual Keys

[charvista]

I am writing a kind of text editor, so I need to be able to capture every keystroke.
Some keys seem not to have a virtual key, like the comma (,) semicolon(:) or dot(.) (and some more).
So, how can I know when the user presses the comma key?
A standard way that will load the value 1036 in the Home key:

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AddKeyboardShortcut(Win,#PB_Shortcut_Home,1036)

In the event loop, it is then captured:

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  Repeat
    Event=WaitWindowEvent()
    Select Event
        Case #PB_Event_Menu
            KeyCode=EventMenu()
            If KeyCode=1036
etc......

Thanks in advance
Cheers

[LuCiFeR[SD]]

#VK_OEM_PERIOD (Full stop/Period or dot as you call it)
#VK_OEM_COMMA (Comma)
#VK_OEM_1 (For colon and semicolon ";:") <<<== US Keyboards?

MSDN is your friend

[charvista]

Thank you so much Lucifer, together with MSDN you are also a good friend
I could remap all of the important keys, except one. That's the "<>\" key on the French (Belgian) keyboard. I believe this is the "|\" key on the US keyboard. What is its value?

[charvista]

No, it is not the "|\" key on the US keyboard, as this one is #VK_OEM_5.
The Virtual key for the "<>\" on the Belgian keyboard is #VK_OEM_102. It appears undocumented in the MSDN, but I found it in the Structure Viewer from PB!!!
Cheers

[LuCiFeR[SD]]

you are very welcome charvista. Glad I could be of assistance

[Karig]

This is an ancient thread , but in case anyone's searching how to use the odd punctuation keys with AddKeyboardShortcut in Linux, here is some code that works on both my Windows machine and my Linux laptop:

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CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_OS = #PB_OS_Linux
  #KEY_COMMA         = 44 ; Asc(",")
  #KEY_PERIOD        = 46 ; Asc(".")
  #KEY_SLASH         = 47 ; Asc("/")
  #KEY_SEMICOLON     = 59 ; Asc(";")
  #KEY_QUOTE         = 39 ; Asc("'")
  #KEY_LEFT_BRACKET  = 91 ; Asc("[")
  #KEY_RIGHT_BRACKET = 93 ; Asc("]")
  #KEY_BACKSLASH     = 92 ; Asc("\")
  #KEY_BACKTICK      = 96 ; Asc("`")
CompilerElseIf #PB_Compiler_OS = #PB_OS_Windows
  ; REFERENCE: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd375731(VS.85).aspx
  #KEY_COMMA         = #VK_OEM_COMMA
  #KEY_PERIOD        = #VK_OEM_PERIOD
  #KEY_SLASH         = #VK_OEM_2
  #KEY_SEMICOLON     = #VK_OEM_1
  #KEY_QUOTE         = #VK_OEM_7
  #KEY_LEFT_BRACKET  = #VK_OEM_4
  #KEY_RIGHT_BRACKET = #VK_OEM_6
  #KEY_BACKSLASH     = #VK_OEM_5
  #KEY_BACKTICK      = #VK_OEM_3
CompilerEndIf

(So you can add the #PB_Shortcut_Control|#KEY_PERIOD if you want that to do something. )

I don't have a Mac, or I'd be motivated to figure out what the values should be for the Mac.

[netmaestro]

Nothing wrong with your code, but in PB shorthand:

',' is eqivalent to Asc(",")