_GetItemCmdKey( ) API Library Routine

Copies the displayed keyboard shortcut string for the specified menu item to the buffer pointed to by the text parameter.

int _GetItemCmdKey(MENUID menuid, ITEMID itemid, char FAR *text)
MENUID menuid;            /* Menu identifier. */
ITEMID itemid;            /* Menu item identifier. */
char FAR *text;            /* Where to store the shortcut string. */

Remarks

_GetItemCmdKey( ) returns the internal keyboard code for the keyboard shortcut. If there is no keyboard shortcut for the specified menu item, _GetItemCmdKey( ) returns 0.

For more information on how to create an API library and integrate it with Visual FoxPro, see Accessing the Visual FoxPro API.

Example

The following example creates a menu with three items, setting up a keyboard shortcut for each item. It uses _GetItemCmdKey( ) to display the shortcut keys.

Visual FoxPro Code

SET LIBRARY TO GETICMDK

C Code

#include <pro_ext.h>

void putLong(long n)
{
   Value val;

   val.ev_type = 'I';
   val.ev_long = n;
   val.ev_width = 10;
   _PutValue(&val);
}

FAR GetItemCmdKeyEx(ParamBlk FAR *parm)
{
   MENUID menuId;
   ITEMID itemId;
   Point loc;
   char FAR *shortcutString;
   int intKeyCode;

   menuId = _GetNewMenuId();
   _NewMenu(MPOPUP, menuId);

   itemId = _GetNewItemId(menuId);
   _NewItem(menuId, itemId, -2, "\\<1st item");
   _SetItemCmdKey(menuId, itemId, altKey | 0x78, "Alt+1");

   itemId = _GetNewItemId(menuId);
   _NewItem(menuId, itemId, -2, "\\<2nd item");
   _SetItemCmdKey(menuId, itemId, altKey | 0x79, "Alt+2");

   itemId = _GetNewItemId(menuId);
   _NewItem(menuId, itemId, -2, "\\<3rd item");
   _SetItemCmdKey(menuId, itemId, altKey | 0x7a, "Alt+3");

   loc.v = 10; loc.h = 20;
   _SetMenuPoint(menuId, loc);

   _ActivateMenu(menuId);

   if ((shortcutString = _Alloca(64)) == 0)
   {
      _DisposeMenu(menuId);
      _Error(182); // "Insufficient memory"
   }
   intKeyCode = _GetItemCmdKey(menuId, _GetItemId(menuId, 0),
      shortcutString);
   _PutStr("\nShortcut string = "); _PutStr(shortcutString);
   _PutStr("\nInternal key code ="); putLong(intKeyCode);

   intKeyCode = _GetItemCmdKey(menuId, _GetItemId(menuId, 1),
      shortcutString);
   _PutStr("\nShortcut string = "); _PutStr(shortcutString);
   _PutStr("\nInternal key code ="); putLong(intKeyCode);

   intKeyCode = _GetItemCmdKey(menuId, _GetItemId(menuId, 2),
      shortcutString);
   _PutStr("\nShortcut string = "); _PutStr(shortcutString);
   _PutStr("\nInternal key code ="); putLong(intKeyCode);
   _Execute("WAIT");
   _DisposeMenu(menuId);
}

FoxInfo myFoxInfo[] = {
   {"ONLOAD", (FPFI) GetItemCmdKeyEx, CALLONLOAD, ""},
};
FoxTable _FoxTable = {
   (FoxTable FAR *) 0, sizeof(myFoxInfo)/sizeof(FoxInfo), myFoxInfo
};

See Also

_GetItemSubMenu( ) API Library Routine | _NewItem( ) API Library Routine | _SetItemCmdKey( ) API Library Routine | Accessing the Visual FoxPro API