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access key functionality and windows representation setting on button

Author: tmedeiros@blinco.com (t5medeiros)

Hi,

We have modified our application so the buttons will look like XP/vista style buttons by setting the representation property of a button to Windows. When we do this we lose the access key functionality on the button (ie use the % symbol in the text for a button to indicate the Alt+"character following the %" combination to activate the command button). Our users like the new button look but are use to using the access key combinations on a screen. If we switch back to using the Uniface representation for the button, the access keys work fine.

Is there any setting I need to get the access keys to work with the Windows button representation or is this function not support? Has anyone had this problem and/or developed some work around functionality?

Thanks, Tony

 

 

access key functionality and windows representation setting on button

Author: tmedeiros@blinco.com (t5medeiros)

Hi,

We have modified our application so the buttons will look like XP/vista style buttons by setting the representation property of a button to Windows. When we do this we lose the access key functionality on the button (ie use the % symbol in the text for a button to indicate the Alt+"character following the %" combination to activate the command button). Our users like the new button look but are use to using the access key combinations on a screen. If we switch back to using the Uniface representation for the button, the access keys work fine.

Is there any setting I need to get the access keys to work with the Windows button representation or is this function not support? Has anyone had this problem and/or developed some work around functionality?

Thanks, Tony

 

 

Hi Tony,

unfortunately, this is a documented behaviour.
The Uniface Button style provides additional functionality other styled don't.

So you can decide what is more important for you.

Success, Uli


Author: ulrich-merkel (ulrichmerkel@web.de)

access key functionality and windows representation setting on button

Author: tmedeiros@blinco.com (t5medeiros)

Hi,

We have modified our application so the buttons will look like XP/vista style buttons by setting the representation property of a button to Windows. When we do this we lose the access key functionality on the button (ie use the % symbol in the text for a button to indicate the Alt+"character following the %" combination to activate the command button). Our users like the new button look but are use to using the access key combinations on a screen. If we switch back to using the Uniface representation for the button, the access keys work fine.

Is there any setting I need to get the access keys to work with the Windows button representation or is this function not support? Has anyone had this problem and/or developed some work around functionality?

Thanks, Tony

 

 

You could try the following in the usys.ini

UISTATE=3

 


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