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From: dave@wucs1.wustl.edu (David T Mitchell III)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Accelerator question for the wizards...
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.081221.3709@cec1.wustl.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 08:12:21 GMT
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Here's a tough one...  I'd like my program to create accelerator keys upon
startup.  I've looked everywhere, but I can't find anyway to make an
accelerator key table that isn't a resource.  What's the deal?  I can hardcode
menus, but not the assocciated accel keys?

Example:

Suppose I've got an array of items (say {"&Alaska", "A&rkansas", "Ari&zona")
that I hook up to a menu.  I'd like the accel keys to be Ctl+A, Ctl+R and
Ctl+Z, respectively.

If my items are a string resource, it's easy to change the & placement
to set different mneumonics (such as {"A&laska", "&Arkansas", A&razona"}).
It seems really silly and tedious to also have to change the related accel,
too.  So...

Is there some way I can make an ACCELERATORTABLE data stucture (based on my
array) rather than loading a resource?

Thanks!

dave	dave@wucs1.wustl.edu
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