Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics

Question

I am trying to use the SetAsFunctionKey method and FunctionKeyPress
event to define keyboard shortcuts for window widgets such as buttons on
a Windows 95 client running Forte 3.0.E.
If I add the ampersand (&) to the caption of a button, the letter
following the ampersand is underlined. Normally, in other development
tools such as Visual Basic, if you do this for a button, then clicking
the ALT key along with that one letter automatically fires the Click
event for the button. There is no other coding necessary. I basically
have two questions:
1. Is there a better way of implementing this in Forte, other than using
the SetAsFunctionKey method?
2. If not, I have the following dilemma. My application consists of a
main window and several nested windows. The nested windows do not have
their own event loops, instead, they have Event Handlers that are
registered in the parent window. Both the parent window and its nested
windows need the keyboard shortcuts and would therefore need to register
for the FunctionKeyPress event. The problem is if I register for the
event in the nested window, the registration of that same event in the
parent window is overridden, effectively disabling my ability to process
the keyboard shortcut for the parent window. I am assuming that since
there is only one event loop in this scenario, it is the only one that
receives the FunctionKeyPress event. Is there any way to make this work
without making the parent window aware of all the keyboard shortcuts of
its nested windows?
Van Vuong
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Answer 1

You are right Dave, Windows 95 also generates the beep. I just hadn't
noticed it before. If you or anyone else finds a way to suppress this
behavior, please let me know.
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From: Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 1997 10:43 AM
To: Van Vuong
Subject: RE: Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics
I am using forte 3E under NT4.
I also can capture the speed key press, but I cant stop the warning
beep that is generated automatically by windows. Maybe this doesnt
happen under win95, or maybe you have the warning beep turned off in
your control panel.
Dave.
-> From: Van Vuong <[email protected]>
To: "'Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)'" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 08:51:12 -0500
Which version of Forte are you using? I wrote a quick test program using
3.0.E and contrary to the documentation, I am able to capture the
Alt-key shortcut on my Windows 95 client.
Van Vuong
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From: Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 1997 3:38 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics
I have also used the SetAsFunctioKey method to implement Alt-Key
shortcuts, but have found that because windows does not recognise my
pretend shortcut, it beeps a warning whenever the Alt-Key combination
is pressed.
Has anyone found a way of stopping this from happening (without
changing the window control panel settings).
Dave.
From: Van Vuong <[email protected]>
To: "'Forte Users Discussion'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Access Keys / Keyboard Shortcuts / Mnemonics
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 18:47:29 -0500
Reply-to: Van Vuong <[email protected]>
I am trying to use the SetAsFunctionKey method and FunctionKeyPress
event to define keyboard shortcuts for window widgets such as buttons on
a Windows 95 client running Forte 3.0.E.
If I add the ampersand (&) to the caption of a button, the letter
following the ampersand is underlined. Normally, in other development
tools such as Visual Basic, if you do this for a button, then clicking
the ALT key along with that one letter automatically fires the Click
event for the button. There is no other coding necessary. I basically
have two questions:
1. Is there a better way of implementing this in Forte, other than using
the SetAsFunctionKey method?
2. If not, I have the following dilemma. My application consists of a
main window and several nested windows. The nested windows do not have
their own event loops, instead, they have Event Handlers that are
registered in the parent window. Both the parent window and its nested
windows need the keyboard shortcuts and would therefore need to register
for the FunctionKeyPress event. The problem is if I register for the
event in the nested window, the registration of that same event in the
parent window is overridden, effectively disabling my ability to process
the keyboard shortcut for the parent window. I am assuming that since
there is only one event loop in this scenario, it is the only one that
receives the FunctionKeyPress event. Is there any way to make this work
without making the parent window aware of all the keyboard shortcuts of
its nested windows?
Van Vuong
Lead Technical Analyst
Office: 972.985.5289
VoiceNow: 972.330.0822
Internet: [email protected]
PAGE NET
DaVE
Triad Group PLC, EMail:[email protected]
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DaVE
Triad Group PLC, EMail:[email protected]
GU7 1XE, England. Tel: [phone] X 513