Programmatically setting the Toggle Key?

[Thoric]

I want to programmatically change the Toggle Key settings for a Boolean control. I can easily use the server property ToggleKeyBind to revoke any settings (by creating a default constant), but try as I might, I can't work out how to set the Return Key to the Toggle. If I use '\n' to insert a return character key, I get an error: "Error 15, Resource Not Found." I just cannot figure out how to programmatically set the Return Key as the Toggle setting. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks in advance for everyone's suggestions.

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

Is there anything unclear in the online help? (see bleow) 😄

Use the exact string "<Enter>" and things will work. Try it!

Message Edited by altenbach on 06-28-2008 03:40 PM

[Thoric]

Wow. Do I feel stupid now? Certainly do!
Thanks altenbach!

Oh, is there a way to use, for example, Alt and 'C' as a toggle key ?? I want some buttons to have an underlined character in their captions to highlight that a certain key is a toggle key, but I'd like to add ALT as a modifier too. Can't see a way to use ALT or the use a keyboard character as a toggle button...


Message Edited by Thoric on 06-29-2008 12:43 PM

[Ray.R]

Not in this fashion (that I know of).

To catch the Atl-key you could build a menu with _keys and declare them in the menu item name.  Place an underscore in front of the letter you want underlined.

The ALT key is registered as a system key on Windows platforms.  All system keys, regardless of OS, are sent to the OS and LabVIEW does not ever get the message. 

Have a look at Khalid's example and some other examples in this thread.

He makes a call to the Windows API to intercept the ALT key press. 

RayR