At 13:45 -0500 03/07/2002, Rob Walch wrote:
>> On Behalf Of Howdy-Tzi
>> nKey = charToNum ( the key )
>
>nKey = the keycode -- ;P
>
>What's the difference?
CharToNum gives you the ASCII/ANSI value. KeyCode gives you
Director's own ideas regarding same, and they are quite dissimilar
for some reason I'm not sure anyone has ever satisfactorily explained.
For instance the keyCode values for the numbers 0 through 9 are not
only not the same as the charToNum; they are out of sequence and at
least one number is missing entirely.
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