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Latin 1 Character Repertoire and Keycodes: Appendix B - ActionScript for Flash MX

This excerpt is from ActionScript for Flash MX. ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide is the most complete, up-to-date reference available for the latest version of ActionScript. Author Colin Moock has added hundreds of new code examples to show new Flash MX techniques in the real world. The book's language reference alone has nearly doubled from the first edition, with more than 250 new classes, objects, methods, and properties. You'll find exhaustive coverage of dozens of undocumented, under-documented, and mis-documented features.

Table B-1 lists the characters in the Latin 1 character repertoire, with Unicode equivalents in the range of U+0000 to U+00FF (that is, C0 Controls, Basic Latin, C1 Controls, and Latin 1 Supplemental). The table's first column (labeled Dec), lists each character's code point in decimal (the standard ASCII or Latin 1 value), the second column provides the Unicode escape sequence for the character, and the third column describes or shows the character itself. See Chapter 4, for more information on character encoding in Flash. Table B-2 and Table B-3 list the keycodes used with the Key object. Although there is some overlap, keycodes represent physical keys on the keyboard and have no direct relation to the Latin 1 characters listed in Table B-1. That said, you'll notice that the keycodes for letters and numbers, listed in Table B-3, are identical to the Latin 1 code points (and ASCII values) for the letters A-Z and the numbers 0-9. See Key.getCode( ) and the Key object in the ActionScript Language Reference for more information on keycodes.

For supplementary reading on the topic of character encoding, see the following resources:

A tutorial on character code issues

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars.html

A highly informative series of articles on character representation in computers. By Jukka Korpela.

Unicode FAQ

http://www.unicode.org/unicode/faq

A good question-and-answer format overview of Unicode, an international standard for character encoding.

To find the code point for a Unicode character not included in Latin 1, see:

Vendor Mappings

http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS

Lists vendor-specific code pages with corresponding Unicode character code points. If you know the code page used for text entry on your computer, this will help you find the characters you can type.

Where is my character?

http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/where

A helpful document that suggests ways to track down a character in the Unicode character set.

Unicode Code Charts

http://www.unicode.org/charts

A collection of .pdf files that describe and visually depict the characters in Unicode.

Unihan Database

http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html

The section of the Unicode Character Database that includes the code points for many Asian characters, including those in the Shift-JIS character set, Flash 5's supported set of Japanese characters.

Table B-1. ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1) characters and Unicode mappings

Dec	Unicode	Description	Dec	Unicode	Description
0	\u0000	[null]	19	\u0013	[device control three]
1	\u0001	[start of heading]	20	\u0014	[device control four]
2	\u0002	[start of text]	21	\u0015	[negative acknowledge]
3	\u0003	[end of text]	22	\u0016	[synchronous idle]
4	\u0004	[end of transmission]	23	\u0017	[end of transmission block]
5	\u0005	[enquiry]	24	\u0018	[cancel]
6	\u0006	[acknowledge]	25	\u0019	[end of medium]
7	\u0007	[bell]	26	\u001a	[substitute]
8	\u0008	[backspace]	27	\u001b	[escape]
9	\u0009	[horizontal tabulation]	28	\u001c	[file separator]
10	\u000a	[line feed]	29	\u001d	[group separator]
11	\u000b	[vertical tabulation]	30	\u001e	[record separator]
12	\u000c	[form feed]	31	\u001f	[unit separator]
13	\u000d	[carriage feed]	32	\u0020	[space]
14	\u000e	[shift out]	33	\u0021	!
15	\u000f	[shift in]	34	\u0022	" (straight quotes)
16	\u0010	[data link escape]	35	\u0023	#
17	\u0011	[device control one]	36	\u0024	$
18	\u0012	[device control two]	37	\u0025	%
38	\u0026	&	74	\u004a	J
39	\u0027	' (straight apostrophe)	75	\u004b	K
40	\u0028	(	76	\u004c	L
41	\u0029	)	77	\u004d	M
42	\u002a	*	78	\u004e	N
43	\u002b	+	79	\u004f	O
44	\u002c	, (comma)	80	\u0050	P
45	\u002d	- (minus)	81	\u0051	Q
46	\u002e	. (period)	82	\u0052	R
47	\u002f	/	83	\u0053	S
48	\u0030	0	84	\u0054	T
49	\u0031	1	85	\u0055	U
50	\u0032	2	86	\u0056	V
51	\u0033	3	87	\u0057	W
52	\u0034	4	88	\u0058	X
53	\u0035	5	89	\u0059	Y
54	\u0036	6	90	\u005a	Z
55	\u0037	7	91	\u005b	[
56	\u0038	8	92	\u005c	\
57	\u0039	9	93	\u005d	]
58	\u003a	:	94	\u005e	^
59	\u003b	;	95	\u005f	_ (underscore)
60	\u003c	<	96	\u0060	` (accent grave)
61	\u003d	=	97	\u0061	a
62	\u003e	>	98	\u0062	b
63	\u003f	?	99	\u0063	c
64	\u0040	@	100	\u0064	d
65	\u0041	A	101	\u0065	e
66	\u0042	B	102	\u0066	f
67	\u0043	C	103	\u0067	g
68	\u0044	D	104	\u0068	h
69	\u0045	E	105	\u0069	i
70	\u0046	F	106	\u006a	j
71	\u0047	G	107	\u006b	k
72	\u0048	H	108	\u006c	l
73	\u0049	I	109	\u006d	m
110	\u006e	n	146	\u0092	control chr
111	\u006f	o	147	\u0093	control chr
112	\u0070	p	148	\u0094	control chr
113	\u0071	q	149	\u0095	control chr
114	\u0072	r	150	\u0096	control chr
115	\u0073	s	151	\u0097	control chr
116	\u0074	t	152	\u0098	control chr
117	\u0075	u	153	\u0099	control chr
118	\u0076	v	154	\u009a	control chr
119	\u0077	w	155	\u009b	control chr
120	\u0078	x	156	\u009c	control chr
121	\u0079	y	157	\u009d	control chr
122	\u007a	z	158	\u009e	control chr
123	\u007b	{	159	\u009f	control chr
124	\u007c	\|	160	\u00a0	[no break space]
125	\u007d	}	161	\u00a1	¡
126	\u007e	~	162	\u00a2	¢
127	\u007f	[delete]	163	\u00a3	£
128	\u0080	control chr	164	\u00a4	¤
129	\u0081	control chr	165	\u00a5	¥
130	\u0082	control chr	166	\u00a6	¦
131	\u0083	control chr	167	\u00a7	§
132	\u0084	control chr	168	\u00a8	¨
133	\u0085	control chr	169	\u00a9	©
134	\u0086	control chr	170	\u00aa	ª
135	\u0087	control chr	171	\u00ab	«
136	\u0088	control chr	172	\u00ac	¬
137	\u0089	control chr	173	\u00ad	-
138	\u008a	control chr	174	\u00ae	®
139	\u008b	control chr	175	\u00af	¯
140	\u008c	control chr	176	\u00b0	°
141	\u008d	control chr	177	\u00b1	±
142	\u008e	control chr	178	\u00b2	²
143	\u008f	control chr	179	\u00b3	³
144	\u0090	control chr	180	\u00b4	´
145	\u0091	control chr	181	\u00b5	μ
182	\u00b6	¶	219	\u00db	û
183	\u00b7	⋅	220	\u00dc	Ü
184	\u00b8	¸	221	\u00dd	Ý
185	\u00b9	¹	222	\u00de	Þ
186	\u00ba	º	223	\u00df	ß
187	\u00bb	»	224	\u00e0	à
188	\u00bc	¹/₄	225	\u00e1	á
189	\u00bd	¹/₂	226	\u00e2	â
190	\u00be	³/₄	227	\u00e3	ã
191	\u00bf	¿	228	\u00e4	ä
192	\u00c0	À	229	\u00e5	å
193	\u00c1	Á	230	\u00e6	æ
194	\u00c2	¯	231	\u00e7	ç
195	\u00c3	Ã	232	\u00e8	è
196	\u00c4	Ä	233	\u00e9	é
197	\u00c5	Å	234	\u00ea	ê
198	\u00c6	Æ	235	\u00eb	ë
199	\u00c7	Ç	236	\u00ec	ì
200	\u00c8	È	237	\u00ed	í
201	\u00c9	É	238	\u00ee	î
202	\u00ca	Ê	239	\u00ef	ï
203	\u00cb	Ë	240	\u00f0	ð
204	\u00cc	Ì	241	\u00f1	ñ
205	\u00cd	Í	242	\u00f2	ò
206	\u00ce	Î	243	\u00f3	ó
207	\u00cf	Ï	244	\u00f4	ô
208	\u00d0	Ð	245	\u00f5	õ
209	\u00d1	Ñ	246	\u00f6	ö
210	\u00d2	Ò	247	\u00f7	÷
211	\u00d3	Ó	248	\u00f8	⊘
212	\u00d4	Ô	249	\u00f9	ù
213	\u00d5	Õ	250	\u00fa	ú
214	\u00d6	Ö	251	\u00fb	Û
215	\u00d7	×	252	\u00fc	ü
216	\u00d8	Ø	253	\u00fd	ý
217	\u00d9	Ù	254	\u00fe	þ
218	\u00da	Ú	255	\u00ff	ÿ

Table B-2 lists the keycodes for selected special keys on the keyboard. These keycodes are used only with the Key object. See Table 18-8 (under the Key object in the ActionScript Language Reference) for an alphabetical listing of the special properties.

Table B-2. Key object special keycodes

Key	Keycode	Property	Key	Keycode
Backspace	8	Key.BACKSPACE	Num Pad 9	105
Tab	9	Key.TAB	Num Pad *	106
Enter	13	Key.ENTER	Num Pad +	107
Shift	16	Key.SHIFT	Num Pad Enter	13 (not trappable as 108)
Control	17	Key.CONTROL	Num Pad -	109
Alt	18 (not trappable)		Num Pad .	110
Pause/Break	19		Num Pad /	111
Caps Lock	20	Key.CAPSLOCK	F1	112
Escape	27	Key.ESCAPE	F2	113
Space	32	Key.SPACE	F3	114
Page Up	33	Key.PGUP	F4	115
Page Down	34	Key.PGDN	F5	116
End	35	Key.END	F6	117
Home	36	Key.HOME	F7	118
Left arrow	37	Key.LEFT	F8	119
Up Arrow	38	Key.UP	F9	120
Right Arrow	39	Key.RIGHT	F10	121 (not trappable)
Down arrow	40	Key.DOWN	F11	122
Print Screen	44		F12	123
Insert	45	Key.INSERT	Num Lock	144
Delete	46	Key.DELETEKEY	Scroll Lock	145
Num Pad 0	96		; :	186
Num Pad 1	97		+ =	187
Num Pad 2	98		- _	189
Num Pad 3	99		/ ?	191
Num Pad 4	100		` ~	192
Num Pad 5	101		[ {	219
Num Pad 6	102		\ \|	220
Num Pad 7	103		] }	221
Num Pad 8	104		" '	222

Table B-3 lists the keycodes for the letter and number keys on a keyboard. These keycodes are used only with the Key object (see Key.getCode( ) and Key.isDown( ) in the ActionScript Language Reference).

Table B-3. Key object letter and number keycodes

Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode
A	65	M	77	Y	89
B	66	N	78	Z	90
C	67	O	79	0	48
D	68	P	80	1	49
E	69	Q	81	2	50
F	70	R	82	3	51
G	71	S	83	4	52
H	72	T	84	5	53
I	73	U	85	6	54
J	74	V	86	7	55
K	75	W	87	8	56
L	76	X	88	9	57

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Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode
A	65	M	77	Y	89
B	66	N	78	Z	90
C	67	O	79	0	48
D	68	P	80	1	49
E	69	Q	81	2	50
F	70	R	82	3	51
G	71	S	83	4	52
H	72	T	84	5	53
I	73	U	85	6	54
J	74	V	86	7	55
K	75	W	87	8	56
L	76	X	88	9	57

Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode
A	65	M	77	Y	89
B	66	N	78	Z	90
C	67	O	79	0	48
D	68	P	80	1	49
E	69	Q	81	2	50
F	70	R	82	3	51
G	71	S	83	4	52
H	72	T	84	5	53
I	73	U	85	6	54
J	74	V	86	7	55
K	75	W	87	8	56
L	76	X	88	9	57

Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode	Key	Keycode
A	65	M	77	Y	89
B	66	N	78	Z	90
C	67	O	79	0	48
D	68	P	80	1	49
E	69	Q	81	2	50
F	70	R	82	3	51
G	71	S	83	4	52
H	72	T	84	5	53
I	73	U	85	6	54
J	74	V	86	7	55
K	75	W	87	8	56
L	76	X	88	9	57