Article: Q88887
Product(s): Microsoft Fox Miscellaneous Products
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.21,2.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s):
Last Modified: 23-OCT-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, versions 1.21, 2.1
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SUMMARY
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When the user presses the ESC key during a READ or during the execution of a
full-screen editing command, the command terminates. The ON ESCAPE routine does
not execute.
MORE INFORMATION
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To determine if the ESC key was pressed under these circumstances, check the
value returned from READKEY() and determine if it equals ESC.
The following code demonstrates how to execute a routine in response to the user
pressing ESC in a READ statement:
x = SPACE(20)
@ 3,3 GET x
READ
IF READKEY() = 12 .OR. READKEY() = 268
DO <ON ESCAPE routine>
ENDIF
If the user presses the ESCAPE key in a read, FoxBASE+ saves the values of all
fields except for the field that contains the cursor. This behavior differs from
that of dBASEIII PLUS, which does not save the values of any field under this
condition.
Pressing the ESC key during the execution of an APPEND or EDIT command discards
all changes.
The following code demonstrates how to discard the changes in all fields if the
user presses the ESC key in any field:
SCATTER TO temp
@ 3,3 GET field1
@ 5,5 GET field2
READ
IF READKEY() = 12 .OR. READKEY() = 268
GATHER FROM temp
ENDIF
Additional query words:
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Keywords :
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxBASE210DOS kbFoxBASE121DOS kbFoxBASESearch
Version : MS-DOS:1.21,2.1
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