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From: billf@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bill Flynn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: HotKeys don't work in DOS windows!
Message-ID: <7450015@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Jun 91 14:31:46 GMT
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/ hpfcso:comp.windows.ms / ih@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Ian Heath) /  4:59 am  Jun 19, 1991 /
In <18274@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:

>>How come  hotkeys defined for Recorder don't workj when a DOS window
>>is active?  Is there any way to get them to work?  It's a bit of a
>>bum-biter to not be able to use a system-wide macro whenever a DOS
>>window is active...
>
>	Blame Microsoft! When a DOS window is active ALL keys are sent
>to it with the noteable exception of ALT+ESC, ALT+TAB & ALT+ENTER. 
>

Well, not quite.  By default Alt+Tab, Alt+Esc, Ctrl+Esc, PrtSc, Alt+PrtSc,
Alt+Enter, and Alt+Space are not sent to the DOS window, but this is easily
overridden in the Advanced screen of the PIF for DOS Prompt.

But on Jeff's original question I unfortunately have no answer.  But I
suppose a couple of things to check would be make sure you don't already
have the shortcut keys reserved in the DOS Prompt PIF or that you don't
have shortcut key checking turned off under Options in the Recorder.  The
latter isn't too likely since Recorder enables this whenever it starts up.
The former could be the problem.  This would prevent Recorder from sensing
the shortcut keys.

Bill...