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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
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Subject: Re: Menu command key
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Date: 11 Dec 90 20:39:57 GMT
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In article <1990Dec10.044033.19193@sbcs.sunysb.edu> 
mmoss@csws10.ic.sunysb.edu (Matthew D Moss) writes:
> To make the DA (or any program) accept a change of Command
> key, you must change the source code of the program.

No you don't, at least for applications.  A correct program determines 
whether a keypress corresponds to a menu item by calling the MenuKey 
routine.  This routine does a search of the existing menus on the screen 
and returns the first item it finds with that command key equivalent.

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