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"Shortcuts" for Arrow keys to launch XBasic

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    "Shortcuts" for Arrow keys to launch XBasic

    Is it possible to assign a XBasic script to the arrow keys (up, down, left, right)?

    The only discussion of short cuts I find in the documentation relates to splash screens to open an Alpha application.

    I would like to execute some XBasic code whenever a user hits
    Ctrl+Arrow key or
    Alt+Arrow key.

    I would like to use the keyboard's arrows rather than defining four buttons on my form for this kind of navigation.

    Is this possible?

    Thanks,
    Bob McGaffic
    Pittsburgh

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    Re: "Shortcuts" for Arrow keys to launch XBasic

    Bob, yes it is possible.

    Browse the help and the forums using the term 'OnKey'

    You are going to want to place code in the OnKey event of the form.
    Tim Kiebert
    Eagle Creek Citrus
    A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.

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      #3
      Re: "Shortcuts" for Arrow keys to launch XBasic

      Hi Tim,

      Originally posted by Tim Kiebert View Post
      Bob, yes it is possible.

      Browse the help and the forums using the term 'OnKey'

      You are going to want to place code in the OnKey event of the form.
      To clarify, only when a dialog box (modal or modeless), form or browse has focus, can the keys be trapped.

      It would be nice if Alpha had a global ONKEY event, so for example, pressing a function key might take you to a particular form, no matter what was currently selected.
      Regards,

      Ira J. Perlow
      Computer Systems Design


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        #4
        Re: "Shortcuts" for Arrow keys to launch XBasic

        Hello Ira,

        Long time no talk.

        Yes, thanks for the clarification. I was going by Bob's phrase
        Code:
        rather than defining four buttons on my [B]form [/B]for this kind of navigation.
        so assumed my response would be taken in that context. I know , I know, it was my mistake to assume. :)

        A global scope of the OnKey event I had not considered but that would certainly be an interesting addition.
        Tim Kiebert
        Eagle Creek Citrus
        A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.

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          Re: "Shortcuts" for Arrow keys to launch XBasic

          Tim and Ira,

          Thanks for your insights and clarification.

          Really glad to hear that this is possible -- allowing a user to navigate using the keyboard arrows without picking up/putting down the mouse.

          To many developers, a shortcut is the combination of two keys depressed at the same time.

          I just wish the help index included a cross reference for ONKEY for shortcut.

          With apologies to Steve Martin, I guess I have to make a more determined effort to think like an Alpha documention indexer. Gee, if he or she would only think like the common developer, the help could be more useful.

          What would we do without guys like you!

          Bob McGaffic
          Pittsburgh, PA

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