Thanks for the reminder, Ted. I just recently ran into the SET FUNCTION

code setting keys in converting an old DOS app into VFP. I wondered what

the difference was between SET FUNCTION and OKL.

Fred

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/25/2014 03:23 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote:

> > Hi folk

> > In a new system I'm developing, I have a form with provision for a large

> > edit box

> > When a person is typing in this box, I want them to be able to insert a

> > date at the point where the cursor is.

> > So, in the *when* procedure, I have it where if the person presses F5, it

> > inserts the date.

> > The problem is, it inserts the date at the beginning of the Edit box

> > instead of where the cursor is. Can someone help me out with this ?

> >

> >

> Try:

>

> SET FUNCTION 5 TO DTOC(DATE())

>

> That's an ancient keyboard macro, not an OKL, and it doesn't have the

> potential of wreaking havoc with the event loop as an OKL does.

>

> (Ref: HackFox7 On Key Label entry)

>

> --

> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com/

>

>

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