Can't alt-select a topmenu item

[Rick McNeely]

I have a top menu item called 'Session'.  It is entered in the menu editor as &Session.  I can select all of the other topmenu items using the alt-&Key combo, not this one.  If I change it to Sessio&n it works, just won't accept the Alt-&S.  I CAN do an alt/release then S and that works, but thats a pain.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Paul Squires]

Hi Rick,

Not sure about this one... I'll have to create a sample program to see if I can emulate the problem you're seeing.

[Paul Squires]

Can't seem to replicate this problem.... maybe you have the &S defined for anothe rmenu option as well?

[Rick McNeely]

I took this from the actual exe, using ResHack.  I don't have anymore &S on the top-level menus.  It all looks fine to me. 

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FRMMAIN_TOPMENU MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "&File", 6000, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "&Open Session", 6001, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Save Session", 6002, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 0, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Log", 6004, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 0, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Quit\tCtrl+Q", 6006, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&Edit", 6007, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "Select &All\tCtrl+A", 6008, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Cut\tCtrl+X", 6009, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Copy\tCtrl+C", 6010, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Paste\tCtrl+V", 6011, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Clear\tCtrl+Z", 6012, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&Session", 6013, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "&Serial\tF2", 6014, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&TCP Client\tF3", 6015, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "T&CP Server\tF4", 6016, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&UDP Client\tF5", 6017, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "U&DP Server\tF6", 6018, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 0, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "C&lose\tF8", 6020, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 0, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Echo Local\tCtrl+E", 6022, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Echo &Remote\tCtrl+W", 6023, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 0, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Polling", 6025, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&View", 6026, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "as Te&xt", 6027, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "as He&x", 6028, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "To&ggle\tCtrl+D", 6029, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&Line", 6030, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "Terminate $&CRLF", 6031, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Terminate $C&R", 6032, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Terminate $&LF", 6033, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&No Terminator", 6034, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Toggle\tCtrl+T", 6035, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&Tools", 6036, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "&IP Config", 6037, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Ping", 6038, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Trace Route", 6039, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Open in Browser", 6040, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Arp an Address", 6041, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&My Network Info", 6042, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "&Help", 6043, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "HTWin &Help\tF1", 6044, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&About", 6045, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
}


[Paul Squires]

Hi Rick,

I created a simple project using the menu from your previous post. I noticed that we must have at least one control on the Form in order to capture keyboard input (ie. in order to get the Alt+S combination).

The Alt+S worked perfectly until I added the Label "Save" to the Form. For that Label I used the Caption "&Save". Basically adding the Alt+S to the Label "Save". Doing that prevents the top menu Alt+S from firing. Maybe you have a Label on your Form causing a similar problem?

I know that I may be grasping at straws here....

I have added the two different project's exe's to this post if you wish to try it.

[Rick McNeely]

Bang!  Hit it right on the head, he said with a sheepish grin.  It's no use feeling silly if there's no one around to see it.

Anyway,  I bought FireFly a month or two ago and have (thanks to your help here) finished 2 projects with it.  I have to say, after a little adjustment I am more productive than I was w/vb6.  FireFly is certainly more versatile.  I love the easy access to custom events.