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 Keyboard Scan Codes
 
 ■ Forms and controls trap key events using the KeyUp and KeyDown events.
   See: ◄KeyDown Event►  ◄KeyUp Event►
 
 ■ The table below defines Visual Basic keyboard scan codes used in
   traditional Basic key event-trapping routines. See: ◄ON KEY Statement►
 
 Key           Code         Key           Code          Key           Code
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 ! or 1        2            S             31            F2            60
 @ or 2        3            D             32            F3            61
 # or 3        4            F             33            F4            62
 $ or 4        5            G             34            F5            63
 % or 5        6            H             35            F6            64
 ^ or 6        7            J             36            F7            65
 & or 7        8            K             37            F8            66
 * or 8        9            L             38            F9            67
 ( or 9       10            : or ;        39            F10           68
 ) or 0       11            " or '        40            F11          133
 _ or -       12            ~ or `        41            F12          134
 + or =       13            Left Shift    42            Num Lock      69
 Backspace    14            | or \        43            Scroll Lock   70
 Tab          15            Z             44            Home or 7     71
 Q            16            X             45            Up or 8       72
 W            17            C             46            PgUp or 9     73
 E            18            V             47            Gray -        74
 R            19            B             48            Left or 4     75
 T            20            N             49            Center or 5   76
 Y            21            M             50            Right or 6    77
 U            22            < or ,        51            Gray +        78
 I            23            > or .        52            End or 1      79
 O            24            ? or /        53            Down or 2     80
 P            25            Right Shift   54            PgDn or 3     81
 { or [       26            Prt Sc or *   55            Ins or 0      82
 } or ]       27            Alt           56            Del or .      83
 Enter        28            Spacebar      57
 Ctrl         29            Caps Lock     58
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 See: ◄ASCII Character Codes►  ◄Keyboard Flag Table►