I have a client who is
running an RBASE 7 (build 75) database on a Windows ME platform (don't get me
started, but it came with the computer and they never changed it).
I have a form that is used
to update contact records with a series of phone number and zip code
fields. These are DBEdit fields in the form with a format mask. This works
perfectly on both the Windows XP Pro and Windows 2000 systems I have here when
numbers are entered via the number pad on the keyboard.
When the user with Windows
ME tries to use the number pad it works SOMETIMES. More often, if she
types 617 (area code) the cursor jumps to the end of the field when she enters
the "1". It goes to the beginning of the field if she types a "7"
In other words, although
the NUMLOCK key is on the system is behaving as if it is off using the 1 as the
END key and the 7 as the HOME key. If she uses the numbers on the top row
of the standard keyboard, the numbers are entered correctly.
My initial reaction was
that it was a keyboard problem, but the number pad works fine in Excel and other
software. It's only using the Rbase forms where she's having
problems.
I can update her to Windows
2000 if that's ABSOLUTELY necessary, but that's a lot of work if I don't need to
do it, particularly since they'll be buying new computers soon. She's a
fast touch typist and does a lot of data entry, so using the numberpad for
entering numbers is important.
Has anyone run into
this? That is if anyone is running on Windows ME (Bill Gates should be
horsewhipped for ME).
Paula
Stuart
70 Summer Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-776-3367
617-388-1331 (Cell)
