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    #1

    Disable F8 key in browse?

    Is there a way to disable the F8 key in a browse? Currently, I must create a "safe" form-view for every browse.
    Thanks.
    Jay
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    RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

    I'm not proficient with the construction but you should examine the OnKey event examples in the manual for keystroke trapping.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

      You can disable the F8 key the form properties, under restrictions, click the checkbox labeled "Browse Mode".

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        #4
        RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

        After re-reading your question several times, let me correct myself.

        You cannot disable the F8 key in a browse. A browse simply does not have all the control properties of a form.

        You would have to create a form a drop the browse onto it.

        But of course as Stan was saying, perhaps you can play with the onkey event.

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          #5
          RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

          I cannot find "OnKey" in Browse events.

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            #6
            RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

            You and Vince are correct. You have to have the browse placed on a form and use the form's onkey event to capture the key stroke.

            How are you displaying the browse? Does it get called by abutton on a form? It could be that the onkey for the calling form would still be in effect when the browse is opened.
            There can be only one.

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              RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

              I am suprised that this is not a "common" complaint. The problem occurs where all I want my staff to see is a browse view of some information. Pressing F8, as we know, brings up the default form and the "dangerous"
              default toolbar. To prevent that, I must create a simple, "safe", toolbar-less form to accompany every browse. Am I missing something? I much prefer the simplicity of a plain browse rather than one embedded in a form. An important note: we use a browse/form combination in our main, customer table, and so we use F8 all through the day.

              I see the problem as completely analagous in the reverse view; i.e., desiring a form-view but no browse-view. Hence the property choice of preventing browse-view. I hope for a "no form-view" property for browses in version 5.
              Jay

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                RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

                Meanwhile, would it be any benefit for you to define a "companion" browse for your forms which did not contain critical fields?

                Alternatively your companion browse could be marked (in properties) to restrict changes, enters, etc.
                There can be only one.

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                  #9
                  RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

                  Dear Jay,

                  Under the browse properties you can select a companion form that will run when the F8 key is pressed. You could create a dummy form that has a simple text message like "Sorry - No Form View Available" and a close button. You can then disable the menu and toolbars on the form. You can then copy the form to any other table that you also need to use browse on.

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                    #10
                    RE: Disable F8 key in browse?

                    Yes, John, that is exactly what I do now.
                    Thanks.

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