'String SPacer/delimiter constants
'sp is used as the primary string spacer
'sp2 & sp3 are used when further delimiation is required
'for instance, sp2 is used for embedding spacing info for auto-layout by an IDE
DIM SHARED sp AS STRING * 1, sp2 AS STRING * 1, sp3 AS STRING * 1
sp = CHR$(13): sp2 = CHR$(10): sp3 = CHR$(26)
DIM SHARED sp_asc AS LONG, sp2_asc AS LONG, sp3_asc AS LONG
sp_asc = ASC(sp): sp2_asc = ASC(sp2): sp3_asc = ASC(sp3)
IF Debug THEN sp = CHR$(250): sp2 = CHR$(249): sp3 = CHR$(179) 'makes debug output more readable

'ASCII codes
CONST ASC_BACKSLASH = 92
CONST ASC_FORWARDSLASH = 47
CONST ASC_LEFTBRACKET = 40
CONST ASC_RIGHTBRACKET = 41
CONST ASC_FULLSTOP = 46
CONST ASC_COLON = 58
CONST ASC_SEMICOLON = 59
CONST ASC_UNDERSCORE = 95
CONST ASC_QUOTE = 34
CONST ASC_LEFTSQUAREBRACKET = 91
CONST ASC_RIGHTSQUAREBRACKET = 93
CONST ASC_QUESTIONMARK = 63

'_KEYDOWN/_KEYHIT codes
CONST KEY_LSHIFT = 100304
CONST KEY_RSHIFT = 100303
CONST KEY_LCTRL = 100306
CONST KEY_RCTRL = 100305
CONST KEY_LALT = 100308
CONST KEY_RALT = 100307
CONST KEY_LAPPLE = 100310
CONST KEY_RAPPLE = 100309
CONST KEY_F1 = 15104
CONST KEY_F2 = 15360
CONST KEY_F3 = 15616
CONST KEY_F4 = 15872
CONST KEY_F5 = 16128
CONST KEY_F6 = 16384
CONST KEY_F7 = 16640
CONST KEY_F8 = 16896
CONST KEY_F9 = 17152
CONST KEY_F10 = 17408
CONST KEY_F11 = 34048
CONST KEY_F12 = 34304
CONST KEY_INSERT = 20992
CONST KEY_DELETE = 21248
CONST KEY_HOME = 18176
CONST KEY_END = 20224
CONST KEY_PAGEUP = 18688
CONST KEY_PAGEDOWN = 20736
CONST KEY_LEFT = 19200
CONST KEY_RIGHT = 19712
CONST KEY_UP = 18432
CONST KEY_DOWN = 20480
CONST KEY_ESC = 27
CONST KEY_ENTER = 13

DIM SHARED CHR_QUOTE AS STRING: CHR_QUOTE = CHR$(34)
DIM SHARED CHR_TAB AS STRING: CHR_TAB = CHR$(9)
DIM SHARED CRLF AS STRING: CRLF = CHR$(13) + CHR$(10) 'carriage return+line feed