Mac Form: Setting Command Keys for Mail Form Designer Objects (65382)

SUMMARY

To set the COMMAND key equivalent of an object in Microsoft Mail Form Designer (for example, the COMMAND key equivalent COMMAND+S for the Save button), you can use the Form Designer globals: objKeyEquiv, cmdKey, and enterKey. It is recommended, however, to use the special utility function setKeyEquiv instead. This function was designed solely for setting COMMAND key equivalents and guarantees the best results.

For example, the following script sets the key equivalent of the selected object to COMMAND+A:

   on compile
      setKeyEquiv "A" (type the quotation marks)
   end compile

The following script sets the key equivalent of the selected object to RETURN or ENTER. (If the object is a button, it will set that button to be the default button.)

   on compile
      setKeyEquiv return
   end compile

MORE INFORMATION

In the above examples, the object is assumed to be a button, although the same syntax applies to fields. Setting COMMAND key equivalents for fields, however, is unconventional and is not recommended.

To edit object scripts in the Form Designer, the userLevel must be changed. For more information on this procedure, query on the following words:

edit and object and script