http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspxThe VkKeyScanW and VkKeyScanExW functions have a simple, documented functionality: ...translates a character to the corresponding virtual-key code and shift state... Not the sort of thing you would need all the time, but it can come in handyen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#8921785Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:24:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8921785Sorting it all Out<p>So the question that Tom asked was: Hi Michael, your blog is really amazing. I have a question: I only</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8921785" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#8408855Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:28:29 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8408855Todd<p>My apologies. &nbsp;I was calling VkKeyScanW from C#. &nbsp;I was under the assumption that C# characters were unicode. &nbsp;I thought I needed to call the wide version. &nbsp;If I cast the C# characters to shorts then it works every time. &nbsp;If I just call VkKeyScan (without specifying wide), it works as well (without casting to shorts).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8408855" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#8408760Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:55:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8408760Michael S. Kaplan<p>I'd want to know the code, the keyboard, and the string that repros that....</p> <p>Though note the follow-up comments poiinting to other VkKeyScan[Ex] problems.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8408760" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#8408598Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:00:52 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8408598Todd<p>It seems that VkKeyScan might suck more than you've actually let on. &nbsp;For some reason, in my application, I try to run a string through VkKeyScan one character at a time and collect the VkKeys. &nbsp;However, the function returns the correct value only on the first character. &nbsp;After that, it continuously returns -1.</p> <p>What's up with that?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8408598" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#748744Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:01:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:748744Sorting It All Out <br>The question that made its way to me through a bunch of others went something like this (product names...<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=748744" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#575092Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:22:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:575092Sorting It All Out(Previous posts in this series: Parts 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) <br>Today, we're going to take a look...<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=575092" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#561737Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:45:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:561737Sorting It All OutPrevious posts in this series: Parts 0, 1, 2, and 3. <br>We're going to do a bit of preparatory adjustment...<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=561737" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2006/03/26/560595.aspx#561380Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:01:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:561380Michael S. KaplanNotice how I did not even get into the issue of the awful name of this function -- I'll be talking about that soon, though. :-)<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=561380" width="1" height="1">