How can I say "You pressed Down Arrow Key" ?

[frktons]

well - you're right about the clock cycles - that isn't going to make any difference
i hadn't thought about the byte-count for pushing all the parms
i suppose it depends on how many times you are going to use it

In the real program I'll develop along the way, maybe I'll call it 200-300 times,
I mean the program will have to manage 200-300 screens, more or less.