Subject Re: function keys label F2 to F9 From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Tue, 6 Aug 2019 11:35:29 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 05/08/2019 20:19, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2019-07-31 3:26 PM, Mustansir Ghor wrote: >> Dear Ken Sir >> >> I have editor where consultant enters symptoms. Few are very general >> >> HEADACHE >> STOMACH PAIN >> VOMITTING >> ETC >> ETC >> >> All these will be displayed in vertical bar as Text Labels. By >> pressing function button writing can be shortened. >> > > A while back I showed Akshat how to use a keyboard hook with the numeric > keypad as a set of hot keys for his application.  As long as you are > using dBASE Plus 8 or newer you can use the same approach here. > > The attached example makes provision for 15 hot keys.  The principle > can, of course, be extended to cover any other keys as well. Good Morning Mervyn, The two cases are not similar. I had required the hook because on key label was not recognising the numeric key pad keys. Mustansir requires something similar to abbreviations expansion. And for this Ken's example is sufficient. Regards Akshat