AltToASCII$ FUNCTION

 Action
 Decodes the extended key codes associated with the Alt key, and returns only
 the individual ASCII character.


 Syntax
 variablename$ = AltToASCII$ (kbd$)

 Remarks
 The AltToASCII$ procedure uses the following arguments.

 variablename$
 -------------
 Any BASIC variable name, including the name of a record variable or record
 element.

 kbd$
 ----
 A string that contains a character entered at the keyboard.

 AltToASCII$ is used in the procedures in MENU.BAS to identify access keys
 that have been pressed for menu-item selection (Alt + 0 - 9, A - Z, - and
 =).
 For instance, pressing the Alt key with the "A" key places two scan-code
 values into the keyboard buffer, CHR$(0)+CHR$(30). AltToASCII$ strips off
 CHR$(0) and returns "A," which is the letter represented by scan code 30.

 The keyboard can be polled with either the BASIC INKEY$ procedure or the
 MenuInkey$ procedure (preferred) included in the MENU.BAS file in the User
 Interface toolbox.



 See Also.  MenuDo