>I am trying to make a keypress work to capture CTRL+c. However that seems to be a reserved key and the keypress does not trigger at all. Same for Ctrl+x and Ctrl+v. All other keys as well as Ctrl+Shift+c do work.
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>So I am trying to find a workaround to recognize the event if that key is being pressed, but so far no luck. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Ctrl-c is reserved, as you have noticed. If you want the key combination to work as most people expect, read here for some tips: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=823135

I am very interested in see what solution you end p with.