How to Have Macintosh Behavior in Push Buttons Only

ID: Q124632

2.60a MACINTOSH

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SUMMARY

This article shows by example how to set up an application so that a user can press TAB and ENTER to move between GETs in a screen and not move between PUSH BUTTON GETs in the same screen.

To accomplish this task, place code in the WHEN clause of the PUSH BUTTONs to reset KEYCOMP.

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Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Choose Open from the File menu and open the CUSTOMER table in the 

   TUTORIAL directory.
2. In the Command window, type: 

   CREATE SCREEN test
3. Once in the Screen Builder, choose Quick screen from the Screen menu. 
   Press the OK push button to accept the defaults.
4. Create a PUSH BUTTON set with the following prompts: 

   Top
   Prior
   Next
   Bottom
   Quit
5. Choose ACT for the variable.

6. In the WHEN clause for the PUSH BUTTON set, type: 

   SET KEYCOMP to MAC
7. In the VALID clause for the PUSH BUTTON SET, type: 

   DO CASE
   CASE act = 1   && TOP
      GO TOP
   CASE act = 2   && PRIOR
      IF BOF()
         GO TOP
      ELSE
         SKIP -1
         IF BOF()
            GO TOP
         ENDIF
      ENDIF
   CASE act = 3  && NEXT
      IF EOF()
         GO BOTTOM
      ELSE
         SKIP
         IF EOF()
            GO BOTTOM
         ENDIF
      ENDIF
   CASE act = 4  && BOTTOM
      GO BOTTOM
   CASE act = 5  && QUIT
      CLEAR READ
   ENDCASE

   SHOW GETS
   SET KEYCOMP to WINDOWS
8. In the screen's SETUP code, type: 

   SET KEYCOMP TO WINDOWS
9. Run the screen.

Pressing the TAB or ENTER key will take the user through the CNO, COMPANY, and other fields. Only the mouse will move through the push buttons.

Additional reference words: FoxMac 2.60a KBCategory: KBSubcategory: FxtoolSbuilder 

Keywords          : kbcode FxtoolSbuilder 
Version           : 2.60a
Platform          : MACINTOSH

Last Reviewed: May 22, 1998