The best way would be to use KeyPress event of the edit box

LPARAMETERS nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl
* Check if F12 was pressed
IF nKeyCode = 134
    This.Value = This.Value + "MyName "  + Ttoc(Datetime())
    * Don't let VFP editbox to process F12
    *  You don't really need this because pressing f12 has no effect on editbox 
    NODEFAULT
ENDIF

>Hi All,
>
>What solutions are there to paste text into an edit box? I need to insert a username and date/time when the user presses say the F12 key. I know foxtools has a paste function, but don't know if it's the best (or current) way.