How to Determine Which Key the User Pressed in a Grid

Last reviewed: July 27, 1995
Article ID: Q133243
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

This article shows by example how to determine if the user pressed the UP ARROW key while the pointer was on the first record of the grid or pressed the DOWN ARROW key while the pointer was on the last record of the grid.

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Step-by-Step Example

  1. Open a table, and create a new form.

  2. Create a new form property called FirstRecord.

  3. Add a grid to the form.

  4. In the grid's Init event, add this line of code:

    THISFORM.FirstRecord = RECNO()

  5. In the grid's AfterRowColChange event, add this code:

    Do CASE

          CASE LASTKEY() = 5 AND THISFORM.FirstRecord = RECNO()
    
             =MESSAGEBOX("You're on the first record of the grid")
          CASE LASTKEY() = 24 AND THIS.ActiveRow = RECCOUNT()
             =MESSAGEBOX("You're on the last row of the grid")
          ENDCASE
    
    

  6. Save and run form.

NOTE: If add complexity, such as filtering the table or changing the index order of the table after the grid's Init event fires, this example will not work. You will need to change the example to accommodate the additional complexity.


Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbui kbprg kbcode
KBSubcategory: FxotherGeneral


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Last reviewed: July 27, 1995
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