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From: mdb@abcom.ATT.COM (3030 )
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBase: Using the arrow keys
Message-ID: <2306@abcom.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Mar 91 15:44:26 GMT
References: <9103121653.AA13910@titanic.bostech.com>
Organization: AT&T(IMS-DPO), Aurora, Colorado
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From article <9103121653.AA13910@titanic.bostech.com>, by traynor@bostech.com (Pat Traynor):
> 
> Hello all --
> 
> Can I program dBase to accept the arrow keys as input?  My objective is
> to have my menu selections highlighted, and if the user presses the up
> or down arrow keys ( <esc>[A  and  <esc>[B ) the previous or next menu
> item becomes highlighted.
> 
> In an unrelated item, my VGA color monitor supposedly has a palette of
> 256,000 colors.  Is there any way (in dBase) for me to tap into this,
> or am I limited to the primaries?
> 
> --pat traynor--
Pat, 

	Yes, Xbase (dBase and its clones) can accept the arrow key as
	input.  If you are in a get field look for the value returned 
	by the readkey() function.  With menuing systems use the inkey()
	function.

	As far as I know your stuck with the 16 colors assigned by
	Xbase.


	Hope this helps.


Mike Barnes
415-224-3030