>hi all,
>
>other than on key label, keypress events, are there any other way to config a form, such that when user press a key (e.g. Esc), a button of the form will act like been clicked?
>
>when i use on key label, only the code in the button's click event is executed, but I also want to see the animate effect of the button..

Try this.

thisform.command1.VisualEffect = 2
INKEY(1,'H')
thisform.command1.VisualEffect = 1
thisform.command1.click