Using the F Keys

[ElderQB]

I just have not worked out how I can make use of the F-keys. Can anyone show me a simple example they I can work on please

[aetherfox]

use Inkey$ or INP(&H60) to get the value of it, then so a select case or if...then to see if it occurs.

That said, I don't know if INKEY$ will read function keys, though they should have ASCII codes so yeah...

Hail.

[potato]

Look up KEY in the help files, there are examples in there also. The function keys can be used as combination keys.

[wizardlife]

ON KEY is a bad idea, avoid it.

I believe the function keys are the same as the arrows... The INKEY$ variable contains two characters, the first of which is CHR$(0), and the second is an ascii value. You can make a simple proc to trap it:

Code:

DO
  DO: I$ = INKEY$: LOOP UNTIL I$ <> ""
  PRINT I$;
  FOR a = 1 TO LEN(I$)
    PRINT ASC(MID$(I$, a, 1));
  NEXT
  PRINT
LOOP

'untested

[Glenn]

of you may have been in existence. The FBI hasn't come after me yet. Should I head for Cuba?


"ON KEY is a bad idea, avoid it. "

[Agamemnus]

you can hide, but you can't run?

[Neo]

we are following you everywhere...

[Glenn]

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[oracle]

Wow... people fleeing from America to Cuba??? :rotfl:

[toonski84]

...I guess the economy's worse than I thought...