>>Hi Larry,
>>
>>I'm not sure if this is what your looking for, but here are some standards I was using in FoxPro DOS that I'm working on incorporating into my VFP forms:
>>
>>CTRL+HOME=Top
>>CTRL+PGUP=Prev
>>CTRL+PGDN=Next
>>CTRL+END=Bottom
>>CTRL+A=Add
>>CTRL+E=Edit
>>CTRL+D=Delete
>>CTRL+S=Save
>>F3=Exit Form and Revert (in add or edit mode)
>>F4=Activate Popup (I was happy to see F4 automatically works for combo dropdown)
>>
>>HTH
>
>
>DOS is far from Windows standards. While some of your key combinations are ok, others don't matter (F4) and others are just plain wrong (F3). Escape is defined to abort current changes.
I'm well aware that DOS is far from Windows standards. The above was given as *only* an example of hotkey solutions for intense heads down data entry. Also, if F4 is just plain wrong why does it automatically work in VFP? Tab onto a dropdown combo, press F4 and the dropdown appears.
Also, I am writing VFP apps for a company that has used and is still using DOS based apps written in FoxPro 1 to 2.5 over the last 8 years. These key combinations are used throughout and though some may not match Windows 100% they are, by default of user familiarity, a standard.
Colin Magee
Team Leader, Systems Development
Metroland Media Group Ltd.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
cmagee@metroland.comNever mistake having a career with having a life.