Mike, I know all this. My question is can I change the contents of the lastkey "buffer" in code and not by pressing the keyboard? If not, I will need to find another way to make this section of code do what I need it to do.
Paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Byerley Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:13 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Is there a Way to Reset the Lastkey Value Without Using the Keyboard That is where you capture the value of LastKey to an intermediary variable so you can clear the contents at an appropriate time like PAUSE 2 USING 'Press the Enter Key' SET VAR vkey1 TEXT = (LASTKEY(0)) SET VAR vkey2 TEXT = (LASTKEY(1)) SET VAR vMsg TEXT = ('According to LastKey 0, you pressed the' & .vkey1 & 'Key.') PAUSE 2 USING .vMsg SET VAR vMsg TEXT = ('According to LastKey 1, you pressed the' & .vkey2 & 'Key.') set var vKey1 = null set var vKey2 = null If (Lastkey(0)) = ['enter'] then {Here is where you have a failure} -- do something endif If vKey1 = ['enter'] then {Now you can access vKey1 and rely on its value being } {what you set it to or what you expected it to contain} -- do something endif ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Buckley" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:38 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Is there a Way to Reset the Lastkey Value Without Using the Keyboard : I'm using the latest version of 9.1-64 and I'd like to know if I can reset : or change the value of lastkey(0) without touching the keyboard? I've been : checking for a value of [Enter] in the On Exit EEP of a ListView but if they : choose Enter at some point and then navigate using the mouse the value of : lastkey(0) is still [Enter]. : : Thanks in advance, : Paul : :
