Re: Meaning of NI in KBD file

["Fred Weiner" fw1948@xxxxxxxx]

Harry, Robert,

There is a way in W98 to keep the alt keys from being pre-empted
(presumably): in the properties box for the shortcut un-check the
keystroke combinations you want kept from the OS for the program (XY)
you're going to use.

Fred Weiner

On 5/27/06, Robert Holmgren  wrote:
** Reply to message from Harry Binswanger  on Sat, 27 May
2006
16:44:48 -0400

NI does not pass the keystroke, usually just the next function, to the
operating system. Alt keys, for example, are generally used by the OpSys
for a
variety of things. In TABLE=ALT, you (supposedly) can prevent the keystroke
from being interpreted by the OS. Thus, if you assigned something to Alt-H,
you wouldn't get a Windows Help screen. It doesn't always work; some
keystrokes are simply pre-empted (intercepted) by the OS, like Alt-Enter,
Alt-Tab, etc.

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Robert Holmgren
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