CommandButton-Possibility

navfresher

Is it possible to assign a shortcut key for a CommanButton?

Marije_Brummel

Yes, you can use ALT + any alphanumeric key.

Just implement the & sign before the key that should become the shortcut.

Example:

F&unctions --> ALT+U.

navfresher

Mark Brummel wrote:

Yes, you can use ALT + any alphanumeric key.

Just implement the & sign before the key that should become the shortcut.

Example:

F&unctions --> ALT+U.

I am sorry..I didn't get it exactly.

"implement the & sign before the key "...What is the key which you have mentioned?

Marije_Brummel

I mean the caption of the command button.

If you caption is Functions, place a & sign for the shortcut. Like F&unctions.

navfresher

Mark Brummel wrote:

I mean the caption of the command button.

If you caption is Functions, place a & sign for the shortcut. Like F&unctions.

Thank you...but i want to know whether is it possible to use functional key(Eg: F9) as a shortcut key...

Marije_Brummel

Nope.

Sorry.

Well, you could use sendkeys but that would mean creating a menubutton with a dummy line...

Nah...

Waldo

hm, don't think it's possible with sendkeys .. how would you do that??

Marije_Brummel

Send ALT+U from a menubutton.

Like in my Rolecenter post.

http://dynamicsuser.net/blogs/mark_brum ... -pane.aspx

Waldo

OK.
Then (if I'm not mistaken) you have to make it visible (so you have twice the same function) .. and you have to make sure that it's alwaus "U" in all languages...

Marije_Brummel

Yep!

You can place it behind the card or listcontrol like Microsoft does in Item Tracking. (Yes, standard application functionality)

Yoy don't even have to use sendkeys, just make a function and point both buttons to the same code.

Voila...

Waldo

Indeed sounds like a better "application design"

ara3n

A better idea that doesn't require automation is to do it this way.

Button calls a function RunButton
Add a menu item with a shortcut that calls also the same function RunButton

Marije_Brummel

Yes, that was what I described in my second 'solution' as wel.