I guess there's no reason for us to ask "why"? But since ESC is not mappable, and I'm assuming you want a quick keystroke to clear the field, how about locating a button with an accelerator letter? Put a button with the words "C lear memo field" and then an Alt-C would clear it using the property command. Would that work well enough?
Karen > In a given form (in a particular NOTE field) I'd like to trap the ESC key > so that it doesn't exit the form but instead clears out whatever the user has > typed in the field. > > Unfortunately my standard technique of mapping ESC to TAB and then checking > LASTKEY() in the field's ON EXIT eep doesn't work as ESC is not mappable. > And the new ON KEYPRESS EEP doesn't help because this field is MEMO, not a > text > edit, and KEYPRESS is not available. > > I don't want to use the "turn off all form exit methods" setting on the form > property sheet since I still wouldn't get to run my code when the ESC key is > hit, and I don't want to turn off the X closing feature. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > -- > Larry >
