All, I finally solved my problem. All I had to do was check* Unicode Mode*
in Design > Database Settings > Compatibility. Thanks very much to everyone
for their suggestions and help. :-) Ken
*P.S. Ultimately it was Vance Villanueva from 4D Tech Support that helped
me solve the problem. He prepared a screencast showing me that post key
worked using my database and I noticed during the screencast a message
popped up warning that the database must be used in Unicode mode in order
to be opened and asking to temporarily switch to Unicode mode. I had never
seen that message before and that's what lead me to check the Unicode Mode
in my database.*
On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Ken Daniel <kendan...@maxkatzbag.com> wrote:
> Koen & Steve, thanks for the tip, but in this case I am using POST
> KEY(Character code(".");Command key mask) and had the shortcut of Ctrl .
> assigned to a button. It only fails to work in this one converted database.
> I've converted another database to v16 for a different application and it
> works fine. I've compared the two databases and can't discern any
> difference. In another test, if I execute POST KEY (Character Code("a")), I
> can see it populate a variable field with the letter "a", but it just won't
> execute the code assigned to the button with that shortcut. Ken
>
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Koen Van Hooreweghe via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>> What particular shortcut are you using?
>> Also check the case of the character you are using, as Stephen pointed
>> out. In v14 I discovered a bug when running the command POST KEY(Character
>> code("A");Command key mask). This was fine in v13 and earlier, but crashes
>> v14, v15 and v16.
>> My report got bug number ACI0093238 in july 2015, but as I just tested in
>> v16.2 it has not been fixed yet.
>>
>> On the other hand the code should be: POST KEY(Character
>> code(“a");Command key mask), which works fine in v14 and later.
>>
>> IIRC in compiled mode it seemed to be working, but 4D would crash a bit
>> later.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Koen
>>
>
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Stephen J. Orth <s.orth@the-aquila-group.
> com> wrote:
>
>> Ken,
>>
>> If I recall correctly, I ran into an issue due to case sensitivity. Make
>> sure the case of the assigned letter is the same as how you are using it in
>> the command.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
>>
>> > Op 8 okt. 2017, om 15:21 heeft Ken Daniel via 4D_Tech <
>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> het volgende geschreven:
>> >
>> > All, I'm having a problem with the Post Key command not working in a
>> > database converted from 4Dv14 to v16. Post Key works fine in 4Dv14, and
>> > works in 4Dv15 and even in a newly created database in v16, but not in
>> my
>> > converted database. I've tried resetting the Preferences and Database
>> > Settings to Factory Settings and changing event actions, but nothing has
>> > worked. Anyone have any suggestions as to what the problem may be?
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
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