Microsoft KB Archive/274791

= PRB: ON KEY LABEL ALT+F6 Does Not Work In Windows 95, 98, or Millennium Edition =

Article ID: 274791

Article Last Modified on 9/28/2004

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 95

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul> </li> Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 95</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul> </li> Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 95</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul> </li> <li>Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a, when used with: <ul> <li>Microsoft Windows 95</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul> </li> <li>Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition, when used with: <ul> <li>Microsoft Windows 95</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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This article was previously published under Q274791

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SYMPTOMS
If you use the ON KEY LABEL ALT+F6 command to assign an action, when you press ALT+F6, the action does not execute.

NOTE: The other ALT+F1 to ALT+F12 key combinations work correctly. This problem does not occur on Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000.

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CAUSE
In Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition, ALT+F6 is the shortcut key to toggle on windows within the same application.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Start Visual FoxPro.
 * 2) In the Command window, enter ON KEY LABEL ALT+F6 ? &quot;Testing ALT+F6&quot; and press ENTER.
 * 3) In the Command window, enter ? ON('KEY','ALT+F6') and press ENTER to verify that the key is assigned.
 * 4) Press ALT+F6. Nothing is displayed on the screen.

(c) Microsoft Corporation 2000, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Mark Barnard, Microsoft Corporation.

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