Subject Re: Shortcut for a Pushbutton
From Mustansir Ghor <mustan31@hotmail.com>
Date Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:55:55 -0400
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Dear Mervyn Sir

Yes it is working.

I was testing on IDE, The Alt P referred to Destop Properties. I did not observe.

Thank you

Regards
Mustansir

Mervyn Bick Wrote:
> On 2020-08-14 15:22, Mustansir Ghor wrote:
 > > Dear All
 > >
> > we can put & before a character in a text of pushbutton to make it shorcut accessible.  When I run the form and selecting the ALt key + character that I specified, the onclick event does not get triggered.
 > >
> > I am missing out something.
 > >
> > Regards
 > > Mustansir
 > >
>
> It works for me with dBASE 2019.  A little example is attached.
 >
> Make sure the speedBar property of your pushbutton is not set to true as
> this will prevent the Alt key accelerator from working.
 >
> Mervyn.
 >
>
> ** END HEADER -- do not remove this line
 > //
 > // Generated on 2020-08-14
 > //
 > parameter bModal
 > local f
 > f = new test_acceleratorForm()
 > if (bModal)
 >    f.mdi = false // ensure not MDI
 >    f.readModal()
 > else
 >    f.open()
 > endif
 >
> class test_acceleratorForm of FORM
 >    with (this)
 >       height = 16.0
 >       left = 51.0
 >       top = 3.1364
 >       width = 40.0
 >       text = ""
 >    endwith
 >
>    this.PUSHBUTTON1 = new PUSHBUTTON(this)
 >    with (this.PUSHBUTTON1)
 >       onClick = class::PUSHBUTTON1_ONCLICK
 >       height = 1.0909
 >       left = 13.5714
 >       top = 5.1818
 >       width = 15.2857
 >       text = "Push&button1"
 >    endwith
 >
>
>    function PUSHBUTTON1_onClick()
 >       msgbox('Pushbutton clicked','',64)
 >       return
 >
> endclass
 >