Yes, of course that would work. It just wouldn't be very intuitive in a calculator context. You could add a trap for the +,-,/,*,= keys and parse that to the alpha equivalent label on the button perhaps, but you would still need an alpha based shortcut key to appear on the button, ie: caption='+ \Caption = " + \<A". Another problem comes into play when using the '=' character. VFP uses '=' to indicate the value is to be evaluated, so you need to use:

Caption = "  " + chr(61) + "          \<E"

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>Hi Ken,
>
>>One caveat using this approch: It will not work for the operator keys (+,-,/,*,=). ALT key combinations on these keys are not valid.
>>
>>>Just to clarify for those who don't want to wade through the code... The command buttons in this sample are using shortcut keys \<1,\<2,\<3, etc. This is what the reference to the ALT key meant. In the textbox, I trap for a range of keys (0-9) and issue a keyboard('{ALT+' + chr(nKeyCode)+'}') to add the ALT key to the keypress, and thus activate the button. There's a few other issues, but this message was just to convey the general idea.
>
>Run the following code and press ALT+A (like Add *s*):
>

>Public oForm
>oForm = Create("frmTest")
>oForm.Show
>
>Define Class frmTest as Form
>   Add Object Command1 As Commandbutton With ;
>      Height = 25, ;
>      Width = 25, ;
>      Caption = "  +   \<A"
>Enddefine

>Christof

kenweber
GCom2 Solutions
Microsoft Certified Professional