FIX: PWB 1.0 menukey Switch Resets to ALT Shelling Out to MS-DOS (63267)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS 1.0
- Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for OS/2 1.0
This article was previously published under Q63267 SYMPTOMS
If the "menukey" switch in the MS-DOS version of the Programmer's
Workbench (PWB) version 1.0 is set to anything other than ALT (which
is the default), it will be redefined to the ALT key after shelling
out to DOS. Thus, the menukey switch will lose its assignment any time
you choose Compile, Run Program, Debug Program, or DOS Shell.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, you can use the Restart command to invoke
a macro that redefines the menukey to the desired value each time you
return from a DOS SHELL command, which will then keep ALT from
activating the menu. For example, to cause F9 to always be reset as
the only menukey, put the following line in the PWB tagged section of
the TOOLS.INI file:
restart:= arg "menukey:F9" assign
Since the Restart command, if it exists in TOOLS.INI, is invoked
automatically when returning from a SHELL command, this method
guarantees that the key assignment will always remain consistent.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PWB version 1.0. This
problem was corrected in PWB version 1.1.
MORE INFORMATION
The menukey switch determines which keystroke activates the PWB main
menu bar. The ALT key is normally used for this, but menukey can be
redefined to any keystroke. For example, menukey is automatically
defined to F9 if you choose Brief Editor emulation when installing the
Programmer's WorkBench.
Whenever you invoke any function (such as Build) that goes out to DOS
for execution and then returns, the menukey switch is reset to ALT, so
that both ALT AND the user-defined keystroke invoke the menu.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/23/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kb16bitonly kbfix KB63267 |
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