Microsoft KB Archive/75170

= PRB: Some PWB Key Reassignments Do Not Work in Help Windows =

Article ID: 75170

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS 1.0
 * Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS 1.1
 * Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for OS/2 1.0
 * Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for OS/2 1.1

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This article was previously published under Q75170



SYMPTOMS
Assigning functions to certain keys and attempting to invoke those functions while a Help window is active does not work as expected in the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) versions 1.0 and 1.1. If any other window is active, the functions are invoked as expected by the assigned keystrokes.



CAUSE
Some keys have fixed meanings that override any user assignments while inside the PWB help system. These keys and their Help system functionality are as follows:      Key(s)                       Functionality --                      -

TAB                         Next Hyperlink

SHIFT+TAB                   Previous Hyperlink

SPACEBAR, ENTER,            Activate current hyperlink numeric keypad ENTER        (includes shifted versions of these      (NUMENTER)                   keys)

Go to next link beginning with

SHIFT+          Go to previous link beginning with

ESC                         Cancel Help



RESOLUTION
Since the above keystrokes have predefined meanings in the Help window, any functions needed in a Help window should be assigned to other keys, or the default keystrokes should be used while the Help window is active.



MORE INFORMATION
PWB allows user assignment of all keys. For example, the &quot;arg&quot; function is assigned to ALT+A by default, but it could also be assigned to the ENTER key on the numeric keypad (NUMENTER) by placing the following line under the [PWB] tagged section of the TOOLS.INI file: arg:NumEnter If you make this assignment and activate a PWB Help window, NUMENTER will not perform the arg function (though ALT+A still will). In fact, if a hyperlink button is highlighted, the NUMENTER key will execute the link as if the ENTER key had been pressed, since that is the NUMENTER functionality in a Help Window. Pressing NUMENTER while any other window is active will invoke the arg function.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 PWBIss

Keywords: kb16bitonly KB75170

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