Actually the KeyPreview = .t. in the form property sheet works the best. I can then trap for key strokes in the form's KeyPress event.

Antoher method I used was to define menu items in the menu designer with shortcuts to the form's button.click event. I tested for the form being active in the menu's procedure code as follows:

IF _screen.ActiveForm.name = [MYFORM]
_screen.ActiveForm.MyCommandButton.click()
ENDIF

I could then define any shortcut key stroke on the menu designer to call a button on my form.

Thanks,

Jerry



>Jerry,
>
>Please let us know what works...BTW, if you decide to stack two command buttons, you can create a class (based on a container) that has both buttons and all of the functionality built in.
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>>I'll give this a try.
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jerry
>>