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 vantojo 
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Hello,

This is obviously not a supported NT feature, but perhaps one of the guru guys will know...

I have an indicator that is watching for certain keystrokes via the KeyDown and MouseDown events, and it is working fine.

Except, I cannot see the following keys:

Alt
Up Arrow
Down Arrow
Right Modifier keys (Shift, Alt, Control)

I suppose that they are being gobbled up by Ninja and not passed through?

If anyone has a solution, thank you!!


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Hello,

This is obviously not a supported NT feature, but perhaps one of the guru guys will know...

I have an indicator that is watching for certain keystrokes via the KeyDown and MouseDown events, and it is working fine.

Except, I cannot see the following keys:

Alt
Up Arrow
Down Arrow
Right Modifier keys (Shift, Alt, Control)

I suppose that they are being gobbled up by Ninja and not passed through?

If anyone has a solution, thank you!!

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The trick is that for the modifiers you don't get the code, only the modifier state, and for the arrow keys you only get the up event not the down press.. (if I remember right anyway.)


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 vantojo 
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Thank you...getting access to these keys would really help. I'll let you know how it works.


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