>>>Need your help again on our favorite subject on Print Preview:
>>>Most of my users try to avoid using mouse because they type a lot (data entry)
>>>using the keyboard.
>>>One of the problem I found with the REPORT PREVIEW with PROMPT is:
>>>If I use the command: REPORT FORM .....PREVIEW PROMPT, the keyboard is locked
>>>when the printer option window is displayed. I cannot hit any key. Only the mouse works!!
>>>Thanks in advance.
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>>The users can use the Tab key to navigate around and once they reach the OK or Cancel button they can hit the Enter key. My keyboard is not locked up. This works for me in VFP 3 and 5.
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>Sorry that I wasn't clear in the description.
>The problem surface only when you run it inside a program. It works fine if run in the window command box.
sorry, you do get a syntax error when you issue "REPORT FORM rptname PREVIEW PROMPT" in VFP 3. I have to use TO PRINT PROMPT to avoid the error. But then I can still use the TAB key to navigate the print dialogue form and hit the ENTER key on the OK or CANCEL button.
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA