Keys pressed

Alex Tweedly alex at tweedly.net
Wed Dec 22 20:43:15 EST 2004


Paul Salyers wrote:

> I need to know how to do a keypressed function:
>
> EX:
>
> press the "I" and it will goto the Information card
>
>     Case Asc("I"), Asc("i")
>          Open instruction card
>     End case
>
> This is an VB example and I have the painful job of converting without 
> much help in doc

See docs under keyDown and similar ....
on keyDown theKey
   switch theKey
   case "I"
     go card "Information"
     break
....
  end switch
end keyDown

But do look at the docs - there are some important exceptions where 
certain keys trigger different events.

-- Alex.


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