Doug, Heads-down typing client has less finger-work to do pressing Alt-S, than reaching for the F2 key. She can learn to make your legacy-matching trick obsolete.
Bill On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Doug Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > [email protected] wrote: > > Doug: I haven't tried this... What if you put a button on > the form for "*A*dd 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 > > >
