Keyboard macros possible in p9?

[Guest_imported]

Can you redefine the keyboard in p9? I found a reference to it in the help option..but what I see on my screen, and what it describes should be there...don't match. The help screen says there's supposed to be a "customize keyboard" option under the TOOLS menu...but there isn't such an option...only customize TOOLBARS.

Also...is there a keyboard combination (like control-d) to insert the current date into a field? I'm about to settle for EZ-MACRO to make database entry easier, but figured surely p9 will let you record and play macros. Heck, even PC-FILE (the old dos flat file dbf) could do THAT.

 

[Guest_imported]

I've de-installed P9 (too many printing problems) so can't immediately check the keyboeard mapping thing - I'll re-install on a test PC over the next few days and check it.

On the current date / current time bit : if the field is define as a date/time field, the hitting the spacebar inserts the current date/time in the selected format. several presses may be required, depending on the input format selected.

 

[Guest_imported]

You know...I keep hearing that p8 was the last GOOD incarnation of Paradox. You think maybe I should dump 9 and get 8? So far....I've had no problems with it. It prints ok for me...but to get anything done in p9...it's awfully unintuitive. But....dbase was a pain too, for those of us who are not programmers.

 

[ljprivara]

Paradox's help refers to the keyboard editor in WordPerfect and Corel Presentations. You can, however, create customized menus using ObjectPal, to include KeyPhysical events (e.g., Ctrl+X for cut).

Thanks to OGriofa for the auto-insert date tip.