Keypress Events

Hi, everybody, it is my first question to you all.
Does anybody have any function that would capture keypress events, or
any information that would be helpful in capturing them? For example,
when a user presses the <down arrow> or F1 key. I am currently using
the AfterValueChange event to capture keys that display.
Thanks,
Scott Watters
Systems Analyst
Carlson Wagonlit Travel - Minneapolis
[email protected]

Hi, Scott.
Here's the information I found on trapping keystrokes - mostly R3 =
specific, but that's OK for you. I pulled the following posts off my =
mailing list archive:
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 15:57:32 +0800
Subject: Trapping Certain Keystrokes
Hi All,
I have read the manuals, and the online-documentation, but can not seem =
to find anything about trapping keystrokes other than the Function keys.
Our application specifically requires us to trap certain keystrokes, =
such as the navigation keys etc.=20
Does anybody know which event is raised when a key is pressed?
Any insight will be appreciated.
Regards Martin
From: DEVEAUX Manuel <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 11:43:11 +0200
Subject: RE: Trapping Certain Keystrokes
Hi all,
Actually, I don't think you can trap keystrokes on a UserWindow but on =
some WidGets (like DataFields), you can set to TRUE the 'Validate on =
KeyStroke' option in the properties dialog .
Thus, when the WidGet has the focus and the user send a keystroke, you =
can trap this event with the 'AfterValueChange' event. If someone knows
=
how to trap keystrokes on a UserWindow, I am also interested !
Thanks.
* Manuel -
Manuel Deveaux
Fort=E9 Developer
Mutuelle Pr=E9viade
Nancy, FRANCE
E-Mail : [email protected]
From: Jean-Paul De Baets <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 14:11:58 +0200
Subject: RE: Trapping Certain Keystrokes -Reply
This is an enhancement request we also posted several months ago. I =
think it is announced for Fort=E9 release 3. But I don't know if we =
will be able to trap ANY keystroke.
Jean-Paul=20
J.P. De Baets
CAP GEMINI Belgium
[email protected]
From: Kerry Bellerose <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 13:28:14 +0100
Subject: Re: Trapping Certain Keystrokes
Hi Manuel and Martin,
Unfortunately, for Forte V2.0, Manuel is correct. But Forte has added a
=
feature that allows you to trap any keystroke in Forte R3, which is =
currently in beta.
If you are a beta site, look in the Forte Release 3 Beta Features manual
=
page 169, the window class SetAsFunctionKey method.
If you are not a beta site and want this functionality in R2,=20
you would need to do some tricks with menus or data fields, as Manuel =
indicated.
Cheers,
Kerry
From: Lee Wei <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 97 09:06:23 PDT
Subject: RE: Trapping Certain Keystrokes -Reply
I think all of us want to know if we can indeed trap ANY keys.
The answer is ALMOST, including escape, spacebar, enter, backspace, tab,
=
navigational (up,down,left,right,end,home), digits, alpha, numeric =
keypads, insert, delete.
But not keys such as left shift, right shift, left Alt, right Alt, left =
Ctrl, and right Ctrl (Helpful for games...).
Don't forget that we are talking about release 3.
Lee Wei
Hope this helps,
Dariusz Rakowicz
[email protected]
From: owner-forte-users
Sent: Friday, July 25, 1997 10:46 AM
To: 'Forte Users Group'
Subject: Keypress Events
Hi, everybody, it is my first question to you all.
Does anybody have any function that would capture keypress events, or
any information that would be helpful in capturing them? For example,
when a user presses the <down arrow> or F1 key. I am currently using
the AfterValueChange event to capture keys that display.
Thanks,
Scott Watters
Systems Analyst
Carlson Wagonlit Travel - Minneapolis
[email protected]

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