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Appendix B. Latin 1 Character Repertoire and Keycodes

Table B-1 lists the characters in the Latin 1 character repertoire, the primary character set supported by Flash. The first column (labeled "Dec"), gives each character's code point in decimal (the standard ASCII value), the second column provides the Unicode escape sequence for the character, and the third column describes the character itself. See Chapter 4, "Primitive Datatypes", for more information on character encoding in Flash.

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

The ISO 8859 Alphabet Soup

Shift-JIS Code Points

ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/EASTASIA/JIS/SHIFTJIS.TXT

A list of the Unicode code points for characters in the Shift-JIS character set, Flash's supported set of Japanese characters

Unicode FAQ

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

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

Table B-1. ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1) Characters and Unicode Mappings

Dec	Unicode	Description	Dec	Unicode	Description
0	\u0000	[null]	36	\u0024	$
1	\u0001	[start of heading]	37	\u0025	%
2	\u0002	[start of text]	38	\u0026	&
3	\u0003	[end of text]	39	\u0027	`
4	\u0004	[end of transmission]	40	\u0028	(
5	\u0005	[enquiry]	41	\u0029	)
6	\u0006	[acknowledge]	42	\u002a	*
7	\u0007	[bell]	43	\u002b	+
8	\u0008	[backspace]	44	\u002c	,
9	\u0009	[horizontal tabulation]	45	\u002d	-
10	\u000a	[line feed]	46	\u002e	.
11	\u000b	[vertical tabulation]	47	\u002f	/
12	\u000c	[form feed]	48	\u0030	0
13	\u000d	[carriage feed]	49	\u0031	1
14	\u000e	[shift out]	50	\u0032	2
15	\u000f	[shift in]	51	\u0033	3
16	\u0010	[data link escape]	52	\u0034	4
17	\u0011	[device control one]	53	\u0035	5
18	\u0012	[device control two]	54	\u0036	6
19	\u0013	[device control three]	55	\u0037	7
20	\u0014	[device control four]	56	\u0038	8
21	\u0015	[negative acknowledge]	57	\u0039	9
22	\u0016	[synchronous idle]	58	\u003a	:
23	\u0017	[end of transmission block]	59	\u003b	;
24	\u0018	[cancel]	60	\u003c	<
25	\u0019	[end of medium]	61	\u003d	=
26	\u001a	[substitute]	62	\u003e	>
27	\u001b	[escape]	63	\u003f	?
28	\u001c	[file separator]	64	\u0040	@
29	\u001d	[group separator]	65	\u0041	A
30	\u001e	[record separator]	66	\u0042	B
31	\u001f	[unit separator]	67	\u0043	C
32	\u0020	[space]	68	\u0044	D
33	\u0021	!	69	\u0045	E
34	\u0022	"	70	\u0046	F
35	\u0023	#	71	\u0047	G
72	\u0048	H	108	\u006c	l
73	\u0049	I	109	\u006d	m
74	\u004a	J	110	\u006e	n
75	\u004b	K	111	\u006f	o
76	\u004c	L	112	\u0070	p
77	\u004d	M	113	\u0071	q
78	\u004e	N	114	\u0072	r
79	\u004f	O	115	\u0073	s
80	\u0050	P	116	\u0074	t
81	\u0051	Q	117	\u0075	u
82	\u0052	R	118	\u0076	v
83	\u0053	S	119	\u0077	w
84	\u0054	T	120	\u0078	x
85	\u0055	U	121	\u0079	y
86	\u0056	V	122	\u007a	z
87	\u0057	W	123	\u007b	{
88	\u0058	X	124	\u007c	\|
89	\u0059	Y	125	\u007d	}
90	\u005a	Z	126	\u007e	~
91	\u005b	[	127	\u007f	[delete]
92	\u005c	\	128	\u0080	control chr
93	\u005d	]	129	\u0081	control chr
94	\u005e	^	130	\u0082	control chr
95	\u005f	_	131	\u0083	control chr
96	\u0060	`	132	\u0084	control chr
97	\u0061	a	133	\u0085	control chr
98	\u0062	b	134	\u0086	control chr
99	\u0063	c	135	\u0087	control chr
100	\u0064	d	136	\u0088	control chr
101	\u0065	e	137	\u0089	control chr
102	\u0066	f	138	\u008a	control chr
103	\u0067	g	139	\u008b	control chr
104	\u0068	h	140	\u008c	control chr
105	\u0069	i	141	\u008d	control chr
106	\u006a	j	142	\u008e	control chr
107	\u006b	k	143	\u008f	control chr
144	\u0090	control chr	180	\u00b4	´
145	\u0091	control chr	181	\u00b5
146	\u0092	control chr	182	\u00b6	¶
147	\u0093	control chr	183	\u00b7	·
148	\u0094	control chr	184	\u00b8	¸
149	\u0095	control chr	185	\u00b9	¹
150	\u0096	control chr	186	\u00ba	º
151	\u0097	control chr	187	\u00bb	»
152	\u0098	control chr	188	\u00bc	¹⁄₄
153	\u0099	control chr	189	\u00bd	¹⁄₂
154	\u009a	control chr	190	\u00be	³⁄₄
155	\u009b	control chr	191	\u00bf	¿
156	\u009c	control chr	192	\u00c0	À
157	\u009d	control chr	193	\u00c1	Á
158	\u009e	control chr	194	\u00c2	¯
159	\u009f	control chr	195	\u00c3	Ã
160	\u00a0	[no break space]	196	\u00c4	Ä
161	\u00a1	¡	197	\u00c5	Å
162	\u00a2	¢	198	\u00c6	Æ
163	\u00a3	£	199	\u00c7	Ç
164	\u00a4	¤	200	\u00c8	È
165	\u00a5	¥	201	\u00c9	É
166	\u00a6		202	\u00ca	Ê
167	\u00a7	§	203	\u00cb	Ë
168	\u00a8	¨	204	\u00cc	Ì
169	\u00a9	©	205	\u00cd	Í
170	\u00aa	ª	206	\u00ce	Î
171	\u00ab	«	207	\u00cf	Ï
172	\u00ac	¬	208	\u00d0
173	\u00ad	-	209	\u00d1	Ñ
174	\u00ae	®	210	\u00d2	Ò
175	\u00af	¯	211	\u00d3	Ó
176	\u00b0		212	\u00d4	Ô
177	\u00b1	±	213	\u00d5	Õ
178	\u00b2	²	214	\u00d6	Ö
179	\u00b3	³	215	\u00d7	×
216	\u00d8	Ø	236	\u00ec	ì
217	\u00d9	Ù	237	\u00ed	í
218	\u00da	Ú	238	\u00ee	î
219	\u00db	Û	239	\u00ef	ï
220	\u00dc	Ü	240	\u00f0
221	\u00dd		241	\u00f1	ñ
222	\u00de		242	\u00f2	ò
223	\u00df	ß	243	\u00f3	ó
224	\u00e0	à	244	\u00f4	ô
225	\u00e1	á	245	\u00f5	õ
226	\u00e2	â	246	\u00f6	ö
227	\u00e3	ã	247	\u00f7	÷
228	\u00e4	ä	248	\u00f8	ø
229	\u00e5	å	249	\u00f9	ù
230	\u00e6	æ	250	\u00fa	ú
231	\u00e7	ç	251	\u00fb	û
232	\u00e8	è	252	\u00fc	ü
233	\u00e9	é	253	\u00fd
234	\u00ea	ê	254	\u00fe
235	\u00eb	ë	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 Part III, "Language Reference").

Table B-2. Key Object Special Keycodes

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

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 Part III, "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

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


A.4. SWF File Format		C. Backward Compatibility

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