[python-win32] letter and number key codes for win32con

[Alex Hall]

Subject: Re: [python-win32] letter and number key codes for win32con


> Alex Hall wrote:
>>
>> I am successfully using hotkeys with win32con (thanks so much for that
>> tip!!) but I want to use the numbers 1-0 (on the keyboard, not the
>> numpad) instead of F keys. The code example I have says to use
>> ord('x'), but I am not quite sure what this means or how to give the
>> result of ord() to the hotkey dictionary. Does anyone know the codes
>> to use? I have tried using win32con.49, win32con.VK_49, and all kinds
>> of variants (using 1 instead of 49, using ord() right in the
>> dictionary, using single quotes...) Google is not much help on this;
>> the only forum I found talking about this said that it could not be done.
>
> "ord" is a standard Python function that returns the numeric ASCII value
> of a character.  The hotkey code for the 1 key is the ASCII value for
> the character '1', which is the plain, ordinary integer 49.  You should
> be able to use either ord('1') or 49.

Okay, the problem was that I was leaving on the "win32con." part, using 
"win32con.49" instead of just 49. It worked after I took off that win32con 
bit.
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