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From: mmoss@csws10.ic.sunysb.edu (Matthew D Moss)
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Subject: Re: Menu command key
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Date: 10 Dec 90 04:40:33 GMT
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Sorry, my system won't let me 'R'espond to any postings, so I
can't include the original question, nor do I remember the
person's name.

The basic question was how to make the menu of a DA accept
COMMAND-W as Close in the File menu. The peron who asked had
gone into the program's resources with ResEdit, but had no
luck after changing the resource.

My answer :

If you change the resource, all that will do is change it's
appearance when the menu is drawn onscreen.

To make the DA (or any program) accept a change of Command
key, you must change the source code of the program. Basically,
write in a event handler routine that watches for keyDown
events, then use a switch to catch any W's, and check to see
if the Command key was down (some other function).

At least, that's what I know. I've only begun programming, so
I may be wrong.

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