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MS Access Forum / Forms Programming / January 2007How do you create shortcut keys in code
I am trying to automate the process of having a data entry clerk enter data into a form and to have her just enter shortcut keys to do tasks like close the form or to open specifc tabs. How would I code this into the page so that she could just do simple key presses to move around the forms? No need for programming. Indicate in the Caption property of the controls, which lettre you want the shortcut key to react on by inserting "&" sign Exmple me.Command1.Caption = "O&K" will have K as the shortcut key or me.Command1.Caption = "&OK" will have O as the shortcut key Krgrds, Perry >I am trying to automate the process of having a data entry clerk enter data > into a form and to have her just enter shortcut keys to do tasks like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > How would I code this into the page so that she could just do simple key > presses to move around the forms? Below exmpls smell like coding despite my intial remark: no coding ..stuff You can enter the settings in the properties pane. ;-) Krgrds, Perry > No need for programming. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> How would I code this into the page so that she could just do simple key >> presses to move around the forms? Yup, I got that part. But then in the code on the form how do you get the button to reconize that it has been pressed via the shortcut keys? Don't you need to enable keydown and then have the code check to see what was pressed? I just do not remember how to code this. > No need for programming. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > How would I code this into the page so that she could just do simple key > > presses to move around the forms? You need to recognise the keydown event of controls? Eventhough I don't like to work with this one, but you can certainly use: Activecontrol under the Screen object as in: MsgBox screen.activecontrol.name Krgrds, Perry > Yup, I got that part. But then in the code on the form how do you get the > button to reconize that it has been pressed via the shortcut keys? [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> > key >> > presses to move around the forms? I tried using the & to underline the respective letter that the user would click as a shortcut key but when the application was deployed it didn't work. So I figured it was like working in VB where you physicially had to assign the shortcut key to a menu item before it would run. But I have seen it before where you can assign mouse and key combination to active certain functions on a form. > You need to recognise the keydown event of controls? > Eventhough I don't like to work with this one, but you can certainly use: [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >> > key > >> > presses to move around the forms? Try to hit ALT twice and see whether the underlinement (shortkey assignment) kicks in. Krgrds, Perry >I tried using the & to underline the respective letter that the user would > click as a shortcut key but when the application was deployed it didn't [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] >> >> > key >> >> > presses to move around the forms? Use TAB key to move from field to field in the form. The fields and/or command buttons that you have assigned shortcut keys, must have the focus for the shortcut key to work. Hope this helps. John > I am trying to automate the process of having a data entry clerk enter data > into a form and to have her just enter shortcut keys to do tasks like close > the form or to open specifc tabs. > > How would I code this into the page so that she could just do simple key > presses to move around the forms? |
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