WD6X: Shortcut Keys in User Dialogs Not Automatically Underlined

• Microsoft Word for Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When you create user dialogs with WordBasic, designated access (or shortcut) characters are not underlined by default. When you run the macro that contains the dialog, shortcut characters are not underlined. Although the shortcut keys are not underlined, they function correctly.

RESOLUTION

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To automatically display shortcut keys in a user dialog run from a macro, add a MenuMode statement, as in the following sample macro:

   Sub MAIN
      MenuMode
      Begin Dialog UserDialog 320,144, "Microsoft Word"
         OKButton 10, 6, 88, 21
         CancelButton 10, 30, 88, 21
         CheckBox 150, 84, 100, 18, "C&heck Box", .CheckBox1
      End Dialog
      Dim dlg As UserDialog
      n = Dialog(dlg)
   End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

You can add access keys to a dialog box to allow quick access to items from the keyboard. When you define an access key for an item in a dialog box, you can press COMMAND + the specified letter to select or clear a check box or to click a command button. To specify the access letter, in the WordBasic Dialog Editor, type an ampersand (&) in front of the letter in the Text$ box; for example, the check box in line 6 of the previous sample macro displays an underscored "h" in the dialog box.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," version 6.0, page 105-106