Shortcut Problems in Windows XP

[Ken Ray]

On 12/24/04 5:50 AM, "John Miller" <johnmiller1950 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Greetings All,
> 
> I have assigned a shortcut to a button, but Windows XP intercepts the
> command at the system level. Is there a way to give my app first shot
> at the shortcut?

John, I'm not exactly sure what you mean here when you say "assigned a
shortcut to a button"; can you clarify?
 
> A related question - Is there a way to rest control of the f keys away
> from Windows and assign them in Revolution?

Yes, use a "functionKey" handler:

on functionKey pKey
  answer "You pressed F" & pKey
end functionKey

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com