PRB: Menu Builder Creates Duplicate Hot Keys (189504)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q189504

SYMPTOMS

Creating a menu with pads that begin with the same letter causes duplicate hot keys to be created. This behavior exists because the first letter of the menu prompt is used for the hot key by default.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design.

RESOLUTION

Create a hot key manually by prefacing the hot key letter with "\<" (without the quotes). This identifies the subsequent letter as the assigned hot key.

As a example, to set "1" as the hot key in the menu prompt, "Test1", the menu prompt would be Test\<1.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a menu.
  2. Add the following two prompts:

    Test1, Test2

  3. Preview the menu.

    The "T" in each prompt is identified as the hot key.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/11/1999
Keywords:kbprb KB189504
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