Terry, This is a windows XP thing, but it can be changed:
- Right click on your desktop and select Properties (or access Display properties from the control panel) - Select the Appearance Tab, and click on the Effects Button - Uncheck the tick box for: Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation...... - Click OK - Click OK Hope this helps, Thomas _______________________________ Thomas Rodger Mapping and Data Officer, ICT Surrey Police Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, Guildford, GU3 1HG Extension: 2352 Direct Line: +44 (0)1483 482352 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Terry McDonnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 July 2005 12:58 To: [email protected] Subject: MI-L Hot-keys on main menu. Dear List Although I can't find it documented in Help, using examples I've found, I managed to set up my menu with hot-keys/keyboard shortcuts, i.e. the underscored characters, using "&", e.g. File menu. Below is an example: Create Menu "&Stops" as "&Plot Stops in a Route" HelpMsg "Identify all the Stops along a Plotted Route" calling PLOT_ROUTE_STOPS, "&Move Stops" HelpMsg "Move Bus Stops on the Map to new Locations" Calling MOVE_STOPS Now these underscored hot-key chars, both on the main menu and the drop-down menu items, all work. However, they don't show up unless you use them. e.g. the above Stops menu item appears as just "Stops". If, however, I enter ALT-S (or any other hot-key) then the Stops menu IS activated, all the other menu items show their hot-keys, and the drop-down menu shows its. If I use the mouse then none of them is displayed. Well this is not a lot of use to the user, not being able to see a hot-key undercore unless he uses one. Is there something I'm missing in my code? As I said, I couldn't find the "&" bit in Help, and maybe it needs an accompanying char? 'ppreciate it Terry McDonnell Internet communications are not secure and therefore Surrey Police does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. This email and any attachments may be confidential. They may contain privileged information and are intended for the named addressee (s) only. They must not be distributed without our consent. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete the message and any attachments from your computer, do not disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. Unless expressly stated, opinions in this email are those of the individual sender, and not of Surrey Police. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are virus free. You must therefore take full responsibility for virus checking. Surrey Police reserves the right to monitor all email communications through their networks.
