[RBASE-L] - Re: Snagging F2 - Snagged!

[Doug Hamilton]

Karen - try it - it works :)  Mapping F2 to the hot key triggers the button. I got it working thanks to you and Larry: I suggest dropping a button on your form that contains the EEP code you want.  Set the caption of the button to have an accelerator character (eg, set it to &Save And Add).  Then use: SET KEYMAP [F2] = [ALT]S in your form startup.  This will have the effect of "clicking" the button when the user hits [F2].  Remember to SET KEYMAP [F2] OFF in the form's ON CLOSE EEP, or you will have a very confused user. I placed a pushbutton on the form with the caption: &Add Row The OnBeforeStart EEP for the form includes: SET KEYMAP [F2] = [ALT]A Hitting F2 "clicks" the Add Row button and fires the EEP.  voila! Thanks again, Doug karentel...@cs.com wrote: Doug:  I haven't tried this...  What if you put a button on the form for "Add a row", with the A underlined so it is a hot key.  If you keymapped the F2 to Alt-A, would that trigger the button? Karen Hi List - I have a client who does a lot of heads-down data entry and is used to hitting F2 to enter a new row.  I've thought of putting a button after the series of fields into which she's entering, but she doesn't always use all the fields, so reaching over, mousing around, clicking...etc is a productivity killer for her. I'd like to snag the F2 keypress and run an EEP (for data verification, etc) before the row gets added. I looked at SET KEYMAP but that only reassigns keys. Any ideas? Test for LASTKEY on exit from each field?  Will F2 fire an On Exit EEP? TIA Doug