| Title: | How to intercept the ALT key in a datawindowcontrol |
| Author: | Eric Aling |
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Sometimes, people want to intercept the ALT key when they are in an editable field of a datawindow. Now this ALT key is a pretty special key and intercepting it is not as easy as intercepting another keystroke. However, we can intercept it because when pressing the ALT key, the windows menu is activated, so a message was sent. To intercept this message, create a userevent mapped to pbm_syscommand, which is in fact mapped to WM_SYSCOMMAND. This event is triggered when a window''s control menu is activated by a keystroke ( which is done via the ALT key ).
For instance, I want to intercept the ALT key when dw_2 has the focus, so in the window's userevent mapped to pbm_syscommand code:
GraphicObject lgo_go DataWindow ldw_dw
/* check for SC_KEYMENU (61696) */
if commandtype = 61696 then lgo_go = GetFocus( ) if TypeOf(lgo_go) = DataWindow! then ldw_dw = lgo_go if handle(ldw_dw) = handle(dw_2) then beep(1)
/* do here what you want i.e. dw_2.Event ue_KeyAltPressed() */
message.processed = true dw_2.SetFocus() end if end if end if
Good luck!