At 14:03 2018-09-18, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

>VFP9SP2 on Win7/8/10 pcs

>

>I really never fully took advantage of this gem in VFP. In my apps,

>I haven't allowed editing in grids in probably 14 years. Some of my

>users seem to want that though so I'm thinking of allowing such ability now.

>I was thinking of using ON KEY to pop up a lookup form to add data

>records to the grids (instead of that native whatever way of doing

>an APPEND blank in the native VFP grid).

>

>In the past, I've really just used ON KEY to pop up the help file on demand.

>

>In what other ways have you used ON KEY in your designs?

I use

on key label "ctrl+0" *

so .null. can not be entered into controls.

I also enjoy the minor joke of

*

being executable in this control. Note that it does not mean the same as

on key label "ctrl+0"

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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