Entering Control Sequences

VT

The system treats the following in-line spaces as part of a sequence:

• \a—Bell (alert)
• \b—Backspace
• \e—Escape
• \f—Formfeed
• \n—Newline
• \r—Carriage Return
• \t—Horizontal Tab
• \v—Vertical Tab
• \'—Single quotation mark
• ""—Double quotation mark
• \\—Backslash
• \xhh—ASCII character in hexadecimal notation

When you type control sequences, you can use caret format. For example, to type a Ctrl-A value, you would type ^A. To type a caret, type the caret character twice, for example, (^^).

Example:

Sub Main

Dim HE as Object
Set HE = CreateObject( "HostExplorer" )

' Press tab key twice
HE.CurrentHost.Keys "\t\tTab Twice"

' Press Ctrl-C
HE.CurrentHost.Keys "^C"

End Sub