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**Dave Navarro** · 24 Feb 2000, 09:06 AM

Knuth,

DDT does not support keyboard accelerators. And I haven't found a way to use DDT and the WinAPI to support them.

It's on the list as a feature update for the next version.

--Dave

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**Semen Matusovski** · 24 Feb 2000, 10:21 AM

> DDT does not support keyboard accelerators

See the in sample from PB/DLL help. Could be I don't understand, what means keyboard accelerators, but looks that in general DDT supports accelerators

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**Eric Pearson** · 24 Feb 2000, 10:46 AM

Semen --

I think we're dealing with crossed definitions here...

Technically speaking, Alt-F (for a top-level &File menu item) is not an "accelerator key", it is more like a "hot key". An accelerator key can be an Alt-key, but it is more commonly a Ctrl-key, such as when a menu is structured like this...

Code:

&File
     New        Ctrl-N
     Open       Ctrl-O
     Close      Alt-C
     Close All  F2

An accelerator key is associated with a bottom-level menu item -- a "command" -- not a top-level pulldown.

I believe I am correct in saying that hot keys like Alt-F are supported by DDT when there is at least one control on the dialog to pass the keystroke to the menu. (This is typical of the way Win32 applications work, not just DDT. I would not consider it to be a bug.) But true accelerator keys (like Ctrl-N above) are not currently supported.

True?

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**Semen Matusovski** · 24 Feb 2000, 11:25 AM

Eric --
I understand about what you.
Unfortunately, just now I don't see a sample with "real" accelerators (skeleton.bas, like I see, doesn't support them), but, perhaps, if to replace Dialog Show Modal by Dialog Show Modeless and instead of Dialog Doevents to execute something like this

Code:

  WHILE GetMessage(msg, %NULL, 0, 0)
    IF IsDialogMessage (hWnd, msg) THEN
      'Skip
    ELSEIF TranslateAccelerator(hWnd, hAccel, msg) THEN
      'Skip
    ELSE
      TranslateMessage msg
      DispatchMessage  msg      
    END IF
  WEND

I hope that all will work. Why not ?

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**Eric Pearson** · 24 Feb 2000, 11:38 AM

> replace Dialog Show Modal by Dialog Show Modeless and
> instead of Dialog Doevents to execute something like this

As I understand it, that is not allowed. If you use DDT to create a dialog or control, you must use DDT to "service" it. That means that you must use either 1) DIALOG SHOW MODELESS plus periodic DIALOG DOEVENTS, or 2) DIALOG SHOW MODAL.

Maybe it would be possible to subclass the dialog and look for WM_KEYDOWN messages. The TranslateAccelerator API actually transforms "registered" key combinations into WM_COMMAND messages, so the handling would be different. When you press Ctrl-N for example, your app sees the same WM_COMMAND message that it would if somebody selected the New menu item. It does not see a keystroke. But I don't know of anything that would keep you from detecting something like Ctrl-N "directly" and simulating the action of an accelerator key. I've never tried it... maybe somebody knows about a problem with that idea...?

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**Dave Navarro** · 24 Feb 2000, 12:26 PM

To make the accelerator keys work in SKELETON.BAS, change "PBACCEL" to "SKACCEL" and re-compile.

And Eric's definition is correct.

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**Semen Matusovski** · 24 Feb 2000, 12:41 PM

Eric, Dave --
I found a sample in Petzold (from http://www.powerbasic.com/files/pub/pbwin/ ), chapter 11 - poppad.bas- and recompiled it.
Sorry, but for me Ctrl-O, F3, Ctrl-R and so on works fine.

<font face="Courier New, Courier" size="3"><pre>
#Compile Exe
#Register None
#Dim All
#Include "WIN32API.INC"
#Resource "POPPAD.PBR"
%IDM_NEW = 10
%IDM_OPEN = 11
%IDM_SAVE = 12
%IDM_SAVEAS = 13
%IDM_PRINT = 14
%IDM_EXIT = 15
%IDM_UNDO = 20
%IDM_CUT = 21
%IDM_COPY = 22
%IDM_PASTE = 23
%IDM_CLEAR = 24
%IDM_SELALL = 25
%IDM_FIND = 30
%IDM_NEXT = 31
%IDM_REPLACE = 32
%IDM_FONT = 40
%IDM_HELP = 50
%IDM_ABOUT = 51

%IDTEXT = 100

Global UserName As String

CallBack Function OkButton()
Control Get Text CbHndl, %IDTEXT To UserName
Dialog End CbHndl, 1
End Function

CallBack Function CancelButton()
Dialog End CbHndl, 0
End Function

Global Stop%
CallBack Function DlgProc()
If CbMsg = %WM_COMMAND Then
Select Case CbCtl
Case %IDM_NEW : MsgBox "New"
Case %IDM_OPEN : MsgBox "Open"
Case %IDM_SAVE : MsgBox "Save"
Case %IDM_SAVEAS : MsgBox "Save as"
Case %IDM_PRINT : MsgBox "Print"
Case %IDM_EXIT : MsgBox "Exit"
Case %IDM_UNDO : MsgBox "Undo"
Case %IDM_CUT : MsgBox "Cut"
Case %IDM_COPY : MsgBox "Copy"
Case %IDM_PASTE : MsgBox "Paste"
Case %IDM_CLEAR : MsgBox "Clear"
Case %IDM_SELALL : MsgBox "Select All"
Case %IDM_FIND : MsgBox "Find"
Case %IDM_NEXT : MsgBox "Next"
Case %IDM_REPLACE : MsgBox "Replace"
Case %IDM_FONT : MsgBox "Font"
Case %IDM_HELP : MsgBox "Help"
Case %IDM_ABOUT : MsgBox "About"
End Select
End If
If CbMsg = %WM_DESTROY Then Stop% = 1
End Function

Function WinMain (ByVal hCurrInstance As Long,_
ByVal hPrevInstance As Long,_
lpCmdLine As Asciiz Ptr,_
ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Local hDlg As Long
Local result As Long

' ** Create a new dialog template
Dialog New 0, "What is your name?", ,, 160, 60, 0, 0 To hDlg

' ** Add controls to it
Control Add TextBox, hDlg, %IDTEXT, "", 14, 12, 134, 12, 0
Control Add Button, hDlg, %IDOK, "OK", 34, 32, 40, 14, %BS_DEFAULT Call OkButton

Control Add Button, hDlg, %IDCANCEL, "Cancel", 84, 32, 40, 14, 0 Call CancelButton
Dim hAccel As Long, msg As tagMsg, hMenu As Long
hMenu = LoadMenu (hCurrInstance, "POPPAD")
hAccel = LoadAccelerators(hCurrInstance, "POPPAD")
Menu Attach hMenu, hDlg
Dialog Show Modeless hDlg, Call DlgProc
While GetMessage(msg, %NULL, 0, 0)
If TranslateAccelerator(hDlg, hAccel, msg) Then ' Skip
ElseIf IsDialogMessage (hDlg, msg) Then
Else
TranslateMessage msg
DispatchMessage msg
End If
If Stop% = 1 Then Exit Do
Wend
MsgBox "Hello " & UserName
End Function

=========== POPPAD.RC ===========

#include <c:\pbdll60\winapi\resource.h>
#define IDM_NEW 10
#define IDM_OPEN 11
#define IDM_SAVE 12
#define IDM_SAVEAS 13
#define IDM_PRINT 14
#define IDM_EXIT 15

#define IDM_UNDO 20
#define IDM_CUT 21
#define IDM_COPY 22
#define IDM_PASTE 23
#define IDM_CLEAR 24
#define IDM_SELALL 25

#define IDM_FIND 30
#define IDM_NEXT 31
#define IDM_REPLACE 32

#define IDM_FONT 40

#define IDM_HELP 50
#define IDM_ABOUT 51

#define IDD_FNAME 10

PopPad MENU
{
POPUP "&File"
{
MENUITEM "&New\tCtrl+N", IDM_NEW
MENUITEM "&Open...\tCtrl+O", IDM_OPEN
MENUITEM "&Save\tCtrl+S", IDM_SAVE
MENUITEM "Save &As...", IDM_SAVEAS
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM "&Print...\tCtrl+P", IDM_PRINT
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM "E&xit", IDM_EXIT
}
POPUP "&Edit"
{
MENUITEM "&Undo\tCtrl+Z", IDM_UNDO
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM "Cu&t\tCtrl+X", IDM_CUT
MENUITEM "&Copy\tCtrl+C", IDM_COPY
MENUITEM "&Paste\tCtrl+V", IDM_PASTE
MENUITEM "De&lete\tDel", IDM_CLEAR
MENUITEM SEPARATOR
MENUITEM "&Select All", IDM_SELALL
}
POPUP "&Search"
{
MENUITEM "&Find...\tCtrl+F", IDM_FIND
MENUITEM "Find &Next\tF3", IDM_NEXT
MENUITEM "R&eplace...\tCtrl+R", IDM_REPLACE
}
POPUP "F&ormat"
{
MENUITEM "&Font...", IDM_FONT
}
POPUP "&Help"
{
MENUITEM "&Help", IDM_HELP
MENUITEM "&About PopPad...", IDM_ABOUT
}
}

PopPad ACCELERATORS
{
"^N", IDM_NEW
"^O", IDM_OPEN
"^S", IDM_SAVE
"^P", IDM_PRINT
"^Z", IDM_UNDO
VK_BACK, IDM_UNDO, VIRTKEY, ALT
"^X", IDM_CUT
VK_DELETE, IDM_CUT, VIRTKEY, SHIFT
"^C", IDM_COPY
VK_INSERT, IDM_COPY, VIRTKEY, CONTROL
"^V", IDM_PASTE
VK_INSERT, IDM_PASTE, VIRTKEY, SHIFT
VK_DELETE, IDM_CLEAR, VIRTKEY
"^F", IDM_FIND
VK_F3, IDM_NEXT, VIRTKEY
"^R", IDM_REPLACE
VK_F1, IDM_HELP, VIRTKEY
}

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**Semen Matusovski** · 24 Feb 2000, 01:08 PM

eric --
you wrote --
"if you use ddt to create a dialog or control, you must use ddt to "service" it. that means that you must use either 1) dialog show modeless plus periodic dialog doevents, or 2) dialog show modal".

not agree. look lance' enough clear reply in http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=11099
this is a reaction on my suggestion in http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=12662

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**Eric Pearson** · 24 Feb 2000, 01:44 PM

Well, I did preface that statement with "As I understand it..."

Interesting... That could be very useful. I'll be very interested to follow this discussion, and see if it leads to a reliable technique and a change in PowerBASIC's official recommendations. To be fair, so far Lance seems to be saying "it looks promising, try it and see if it causes any problems".

-- Eric

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**Knuth Konrad** · 24 Feb 2000, 11:09 PM

Dave, Eric,

sorry, I mixed up words. Eric explained it the way I should have expalined it. The hotkey Alt+F to access the File menu doesn't work as long as there is no other control within the dialog. I worked around that limitation by placing a hidden label on the dialog.

If this is "by design" as Eric explained, what is the official recommended way to get that to work with DDT?

Knuth
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**Semen Matusovski** · 25 Feb 2000, 12:33 AM

Konrad --
this is workaround

Code:

#Dim All
#Compile Exe
#Include "WIN32API.INC"
Global Stop%
CallBack Function DlgProc()
  If CbMsg = %WM_DESTROY Then Stop% = 1
End Function

Function PbMain
  Local hDlg As Long
  Local hMnu As Long
  Local hmnuFile As Long
  Local msg As tagMsg
  
  Dialog New 0, "Menu Test", , , 470, 280, , To hDlg
  Menu New Bar To hMnu
  Menu New Popup To hmnuFile
  Menu Add String, hmnuFile, "E&xit", 101, %MF_ENABLED
  Menu Add Popup, hMnu, "&File", hmnuFile, %MF_ENABLED
  ' You can uncomment these two lines
  'Menu Add String, hmnuFile, "S&leep", 102, %MF_ENABLED
  'Menu Add Popup, hMnu, "&Go", hmnuFile, %MF_ENABLED
  Menu Attach hMnu, hDlg
  Dialog Show Modeless hDlg, Call DlgProc
  While GetMessage(msg, %NULL, 0, 0)
     TranslateMessage msg
     DispatchMessage  msg
     If Stop% = 1 Then Exit Do
  Wend

End Function

PS. Could be it will be interesting for R&D, but a mistake is exactly in DIALOG DOEVENTS

Try to replace
While GetMessage(msg, %NULL, 0, 0)
TranslateMessage msg
DispatchMessage msg
If Stop% = 1 Then Exit Do
Wend

by
Do
Dialog DoEvents
If Stop% = 1 Then Exit Do
Loop

and it will be the same problem as with DIALOG SHOW MODAL

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**Eric Pearson** · 25 Feb 2000, 05:09 AM

Knuth --

> If this is "by design" as Eric explained

I'm not sure that it was "intentional" because Microsoft probably didn't anticipate anybody designing a dialog with no controls at all. (At first glance it doesn't seem to make sense, but I have needed to do it myself.) But yes, that is the way the Win32 GUI system apparently works.

> what is the official recommended way to
> get that to work with DDT?

You could add a control like a button that is not visible to the user. Place it outside the boundary of the dialog and it would not be seen.

I'm not sure, but I think that instead of a button you could use CONTROL ADD LABEL to add a label with a single space, so nothing would actually show. I'm pretty sure that labels process keystrokes like other controls, because they have to "see" the hot-keys that they define (like &Label).

Semen's workaround will probably also work, but it relies on a technique that has not yet been officially approved by PowerBASIC. I'm a little too conservative to use it in my production code until that happens.

-- Eric

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**Semen Matusovski** · 25 Feb 2000, 07:27 AM

Eric --
I am also enough conservative, when I make changes in programs for customers.
But:
1) I tried "clear" API for Konrad's sample - works.
Changed CreateWindow by Dialog New - works.
Dialog Show Modal - not works
Dialog Show Modeless with Dispatch - works.
Where is a problem ?

2) I accept DDT like comfortable macroes - not less, not more.
Even I with my knowledge of API can replace each separate (!)DDT statement by API functions.
Upto now I didn't meat any serious difficults in using "mixing" style (except CALLBACK - here is necessary to be very careful).

PS. With single label Konrad's sample works fine. Strange ?
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**Borje Hagsten** · 25 Feb 2000, 07:27 AM

Adding an empty label instead of a button is probably the leanest
and easiest way to make it work. At least the following works fine:

Code:

#COMPILE EXE
#REGISTER NONE
#INCLUDE "DDT.INC"
 
%MNU_FILE_EXIT = 102
DECLARE CALLBACK FUNCTION DlgProc
 
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
FUNCTION PBMAIN
  LOCAL hDlg AS LONG            'Dialog handle
  LOCAL hMnu AS LONG
  LOCAL hmnuFile AS LONG
 
  DIALOG NEW 0, "Menu Test", , , 470, 280, , TO hDlg  '%WS_SYSMENU
 
  'an empty label, just to make the menu accelerators work..
  CONTROL ADD LABEL, hDlg, -1, "", 0, 0, 0, 0
 
  IF hDlg = 0 THEN EXIT FUNCTION  ' Error occurred
 
  'Add the menu
  MENU NEW BAR TO hMnu
  MENU NEW POPUP TO hmnuFile
  MENU ADD STRING, hmnuFile, "E&xit", %MNU_FILE_EXIT, %MF_ENABLED
  MENU ADD POPUP, hMnu, "&File", hmnuFile, %MF_ENABLED
  MENU ATTACH hMnu, hDlg
 
  DIALOG SHOW MODAL hDlg CALL DlgProc
 
  'Success
  PBMAIN = 0
 
END FUNCTION
 
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
CALLBACK FUNCTION DlgProc
    SELECT CASE CBMSG
      CASE %WM_COMMAND
 
        SELECT CASE CBCTL
          CASE %MNU_FILE_EXIT
            MSGBOX "%MNU_FILE_EXIT"
            DIALOG END CBHNDL
 
        END SELECT
    END SELECT
 
END FUNCTION

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**Knuth Konrad** · 25 Feb 2000, 08:05 AM

Thanks to all who responded so far.

As I said in my second message I worked around this by adding a hidden label to the dialog, exactly Borje suggested later on.

The DDT/DispatchMessage approach might help me for solving another issue that I may have: I don't recieve %WM_USER + ??? messages send from a 3rdparty control within my DDT dialog callback function. I'm not sure if they're not send or if I still do something wrong.

Have a nice weekend!

Knuth
P.S. Semen, "Knuth" is my firstname.
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**Eric Pearson** · 25 Feb 2000, 08:08 AM

Semen --

> Where is a problem ?

Semen, as I said, I suspect that your technique will work just fine! My only point is that PowerBASIC is reserving judgement, so I am too. Until the technique has been tested with a variety of DDT programs on Windows 95a-c, 98, 98SE, NT4 (SP0-6) and 2000, or until an "official blessing" has been given by PB R&D and they change their current "best advice" of always using DDT to service DDT elements, I can't recommend using it for production code. Especially when other, 100% PB-endorsed techniques will produce the same results, as they will in this case.

I applaud you for pioneering this technique, and it may lead to some very desirable DDT enhancements, but "promoting" it may be... premature. IMO it is conceivable that R&D could say that this technique should not be used and not give a reason or a workaround, because doing so might compromise a proprietary secret. Where would that leave people that are using it?

Patience, my friend, patience! They are inspecting it now, so let's wait for an official sea-worthiness certificate before we climb into the boat!

> PS. With single label Konrad's sample works fine. Strange ?

Not in my opinion, as I said above. I have written 100% API-based dialogs -- before DDT was released -- and I sometimes had to add "dummy" controls to get things to work properly.

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