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    #1

    Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

    Is there a way to disable a shortcut key (Ctrl E for expl) application wide instead of doing it for every form?. Thanks.
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    Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

    I do not believe there is....as the OnKey is an event which is dependent upon context (what form is in focus), there would be no way to trap it outside of any given form.

    Unless there is a windows call that can be made which should override all....
    Mike
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      #3
      Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

      OK. Thanks Mike.

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        #4
        Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

        To disable any shortcut key,follow the following steps:
        1-Code tab->right-click any blank area->customize system menus/toolbars->customize menus
        2-Choose "Form" then click Edit Menus
        3-From the main menu items or any of its submenu itemsclick Edit, then remove the ampersand
        3-Save

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          #5
          Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

          G,
          Thanks for this! For some reason it did not dawn on me to do that. :o
          Mike
          __________________________________________
          It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
          It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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            #6
            Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

            U R welcome though I hate to mess with original settings.

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              #7
              Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

              Originally posted by G Gabriel View Post
              To disable any shortcut key,follow the following steps:
              1-Code tab->right-click any blank area->customize system menus/toolbars->customize menus
              2-Choose "Form" then click Edit Menus
              3-From the main menu items or any of its submenu itemsclick Edit, then remove the ampersand
              3-Save
              That's a great way to modify all of the menus for an application, but modifying the menu doesn't take away the functionality of ctrl-E.

              Even you drop the system menu completely from a form, ctrl-E still enters a new record.
              Al Buchholz
              Bookwood Systems, LTD
              Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

              Occam's Razor - KISS
              Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
              Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
              When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
              "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
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                #8
                Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                Well, I had to try it of course......and it works but not by removing the & (actually does work the very FIRST time, but subsequently doesn't!). If you instead go to the Records menu item and edit the Enter new record entry say to use xbasic (And perhaps put a dim statement in--unsure if it can be saved without something in the code). Then Control+E does nothing on any form.
                Mike
                __________________________________________
                It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
                It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
                Henry David Thoreau
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                  #9
                  Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                  Don't forget about the toolbar too.....
                  Al Buchholz
                  Bookwood Systems, LTD
                  Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                  Occam's Razor - KISS
                  Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                  Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                  When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                  "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                  Albert Einstein

                  http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                    #10
                    Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                    If I take out the &, it does nothing, I can still use Ctrl E to enter a record. If I delete the Ctrl and the E (in the Accelerator), the Ctrl E is disabled for the current app and for any other app; it is not application specific.

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                      #11
                      Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                      Gaby

                      Please read all of the posts in the thread..
                      Al Buchholz
                      Bookwood Systems, LTD
                      Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                      Occam's Razor - KISS
                      Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                      Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                      When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                      "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                      Albert Einstein

                      http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                        #12
                        Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                        I am going to make an assumption (as I said, I don't like to mess with original settings so I didn't nor will test any of this) that you would have to do same for all other classes to completely get rid of ctrl-E

                        Speaking of classes, doesn't v10 have new feature to create classes?

                        If you don't want to bother with either, here is another alternative:
                        Write a script to trap the CTRL-E to do nothing and place it in the onKey event.

                        Before you agonize that you have to do this for each form, you don't. In a previous thread I showed how you attach an event to any form, existing, non existing or yet to exist.

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                          #13
                          Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                          Gabe

                          Good idea about the event and the procedure to add to forms.

                          Do you have that link handy?

                          It would be a good reference for this thread.
                          Al Buchholz
                          Bookwood Systems, LTD
                          Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                          Occam's Razor - KISS
                          Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                          Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                          When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                          "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                          Albert Einstein

                          http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                            #14
                            Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                            Don't have the link handy, but someone asked a question I believe about window sizes. Same principal applies. Just when you load a form, test to see if the object (class) is a form, then attach the code to it.

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                              #15
                              Re: Disable Shortcut Key Ctrl E

                              But G,
                              Just when you load a form, test
                              How can this be done automatically application wide with a single code entry as was wanted? IOW, if this test has to be done on each form load, what is the difference doing it this way or using each form's OnKey event? Maybe my vision is a bit blurred? :)
                              Mike
                              __________________________________________
                              It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
                              It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
                              Henry David Thoreau
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