>>>Sorry, the last message was chipped off. Here I go again:
>>>
>>>I have a menu option defined as follow:
>>>
>>>LookUp.MPR:
>>>LookUp (F2): F2 is defined as the access key, "L" as the hot-key
>>>The menu is appending itself at the end of the existing menu
>>>There is no submenu for this option
>>>
>>>In my application, neither ALT-L or F2 will work. When I press on the menu option with the mouse, I get the expected result.
>>>
>>>As anybody have any ideas why the ALT-L or the F2 keys don't work?
>>>--
>>>Sylvain Larin
>>>http://www.total.net/~slarin/
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>>
>>First, do you need to put the option on the menu bar...or append it to
>>the existing menu. Both these go against Windows standards. You should
>>define "Lookup" as a popup from menu bar option. It also should not append
>>to the menu. "Help" should be the last option on the menu.
>
>I want this option to appear only when the focus is on a "QuickFill" text box. I put it up in the GotFocus() and I remove it in the LostFocus().
>
>The reason I put it on the main menu is that I want to show the user that on this field he can press F2 to see a list.
>
>>As for Alt-L, do you have anything else assigned to Alt-L? Maybe a button
>>on the form or an ON KEY LABEL?
>
>No, I don't have anything else assigned to ALT-L.
>
>I tried:
>ON KEY LABEL F2
>and
>ON KEY LABEL F2 *
>
>without any success.
>
>>As for F2, hot keys like this don't work for items on the menu bar.
>
>F1 work (for the help), why not F2?
>
>I don't want to use the ON KEY LABEL command to define the F2 key, that's why I'm trying to put up a menu option with that hot-key to compensate. This mimics a feature found in the MaxFrame foundation.


You should use the Status Bar Text to indicate that they can press F2...not the menu.
You should then make a quick menu or add an option to a popup menu from the menu bar.
Look at the standard View Menu in VFP when everything is closed. That's they way
you should do it with a menu pad.

F1 does not get assigned to the Help Pad on the menu bar, but is
reserved for context sensitive help. This is the way Windows works.