LASTKEY() and the mouse... 1

[Gilesy]

Does anyone know what exactly is returned by lastkey with a mouse click? It seems to fluctuate between 50 and 56 in the debug, and the help says look at inkey() for values.
50 to 56 are numbers and you can't put "M" in lastkey()!

 

[tesar]

Gilesy,
why not use simply inkey("M&quot instead lastkey() ?
(good return 151...)
Tesar

 

[Gilesy]

Thanks Tesar, but unfortunately INKEY('M') doesn't work. It doesn't hold the value - as soon as you release the mouse it returns 0. My code is at the end of a validation if a browse field, so by the time it gets there INKEY is 0
I'm perplexed!

 

[tesar]

Gilesy,
in fact i never use neither last nor inkey(),
and think "valid" must control value, not way to it...
To test inkey,
proc test
aa=inkey(0,"M&quot
? aa && i say 151, public value for you...
? lastkey() && i say 13
retu
I do not know reason why you must use lastkey,
may be better command is readkey(7)
Tesar

 

[DSummZZZ]

It sounds like you are entering numbers in your field, so the last key pressed, not mouse click, is 50 or 56 or whatever. If you are going to use the mouse to exit out of a read/valid, you may need to add a '0' value to your validation. Just keep in mind that the last key value will still be interpreted rather than the mouse click.
Dave S.

 

[Gilesy]

Thanks guys!

Readkey() did the trick in the end. (never used it before!)