Show shortcut menu on control programmatically

[Xerxess]

Hi,

I have a string control for which I want to display a shortcut menu when a "." is typed in. I know I can customize shortcut menus through the "Shortcut Menu Activation?" event.

My question is: How can I show the shortcut menu programmatically without having to right-click on the control?

Thanks in advance!

[MikeS81]

Hi Xerxess,

you can use the string control "Key down event". There you can use some Win API functions to simulate the mouse click.

Hope it helps.

Mike

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[Wiebe@CARYA]

"Xerxess" <x@no.email> wrote in message
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> Hi, &nbsp;I have a string control for which I want to display a shortcut
menu when a &quot;.&quot; is typed in. I know I can&nbsp;customize shortcut
menus&nbsp;through the&nbsp;&quot;Shortcut Menu Activation?&quot; event.
&nbsp;My question is: How can I show the shortcut menu programmatically
without having to right-click on the control?&nbsp;Thanks in advance!

I honestly don't think there is a decent way to do this.

The best bet is to simulate a mouse click with a windows API. This will
probably work fine, but the shortcut will also appear if the user right
clicks directly. You can filter the right clicks, because you know when the
click is simulated, because after all, you generete them. It's not a nice
thing, but I'm affrait it's the only way.

Regards,

Wiebe.