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KeyPress Event
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From
23/02/1998 04:44:23
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00080369
Message ID:
00080386
Views:
30
>I've been trying to find a sample if a form's .KeyPress event in action without success.
>
>What I'm trying to do is allow my base form class top process next previous etc by using the keyboard as well as using the toolbar. I've got it working well, except that the key values seem to be duplicated with other key's values. There must be a way. My code in the KeyPress event is...
>
>do case
>	case nKeyCode = 19 	&& Ctrl S
>		oToolbar.tbSearch.Click
>	case nKeyCode = 2	&& Ctrl Right
>		oToolBar.tbNext.Click
>	case nKeyCode = 26	&& Ctrl Left
>		oToolBar.tbPrev.Click
>	case nKeyCode = 29	&& Ctrl Home
>		oToolBar.tbFirst.Click
>	case nKeyCode = 23	&& Ctrl End
>		oToolBar.tbLast.Click
>endcase
>
>
>Three questions.
>
>1.How do I determine that the Ctrl key is pressed so I don't process other keys (eg; 19 is Ctrl-s and Alt-r)
>
>2. How do I determine the difference between Ctrl-Right and Ctrl-b, both of which return a keycode of 2.
>
>3. How do I ensure that the keys I want to use are removed from the buffer and don't get passed to the control - and those that I don't want to use are passed to the control.
>
>The help and manuals are no help on this. There seems to also be no reference to this in UT's extensive knowledge base - ie; I'm dumb and can't see something everyone else takes as obvious :)
>
>Steve

Hi Steve,
To determine which key combination in fact pressed there are two parameters in keypress (nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl).
nShiftAltCtrl, Shift=1, Ctrl=2, Alt=4. It is a combination value, ie: if both Ctrl+Alt is pressed then value is 6, Shift+Ctrl = 3, Shift+Alt = 5 and finally Shift+Alt+Ctrl = 7. nKeyCode give the inkey() value (scan code) of the pressed key combination.
Though, ALT combination doesn't produce a "Keypress" event.

1- nKeyCode = 19, then it's Ctrl+s (ALT combination doesn't produce a "Keypress" event).
2- Unfortunately you cannot directly. You should also check if a value is added in interactivechange (Ctrl+b add, Ctrl+ra doesn't).
3- Keypress by default doesn't "absorb" the keypress. For keys you want to be processed in keypress event and then clear from buffer use "nodefault".
*Keypress
if nKeyCode = 10 && Ctrl+enter
   nodefault     && Absorb key, clear buffer
   ...
endif
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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