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== Accelerator Keys (FlexKeys) == | == Accelerator Keys (FlexKeys) == | ||
DataFlex 3.2 uses CUA compliant accelerator keys, such as F2 to Save, F8 for "find gt", Shift+F2 to delete, etc.. These keys are quite different from their 2.x predecessors, but it is useful for your end users to learn these keys, because many other applications share the same accelerator keys, making it easier to remember them in the long run. Nevertheless, in the short term, your end user may want to continue using the accelerator keys that they are used to. | DataFlex 3.2 uses [[#CUA]] compliant accelerator keys, such as F2 to Save, F8 for "find gt", Shift+F2 to delete, etc.. These keys are quite different from their 2.x predecessors, but it is useful for your end users to learn these keys, because many other applications share the same accelerator keys, making it easier to remember them in the long run. Nevertheless, in the short term, your end user may want to continue using the accelerator keys that they are used to. | ||
For this purpose, we have provided a file that contains the accelerator key definitions as they were in DataFlex 2.3b (\df32\usr\df23ini.cfg) and a second file with the DataFlex 3.2 accelerator key definitions (\df32\usr\df32ini.cfg). You can add a line of code to any DataFlex 3.2 program to read either of these files: | For this purpose, we have provided a file that contains the accelerator key definitions as they were in DataFlex 2.3b (\df32\usr\df23ini.cfg) and a second file with the DataFlex 3.2 accelerator key definitions (\df32\usr\df32ini.cfg). You can add a line of code to any DataFlex 3.2 program to read either of these files: | ||
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read_dfini "df32ini.cfg" - program starts using definitions from DataFlex 3.2 | read_dfini "df32ini.cfg" - program starts using definitions from DataFlex 3.2 | ||
Note: If a program uses a dfini.cfg file and chains to another program, the second program will also use the settings defined in that dfini.cfg file. | '''Note:''' If a program uses a dfini.cfg file and chains to another program, the second program will also use the settings defined in that ''dfini.cfg'' file. | ||
By default, the DataFlex 3.2 runtime does not use a dfini.cfg file, all the defaults are hardcoded into the runtime. However, if the runtime encounters a file called dfini.cfg along dfpath, or if a read_dfini statement is in a DataFlex program, it will use the definitions in that file. | By default, the DataFlex 3.2 runtime does not use a dfini.cfg file, all the defaults are hardcoded into the runtime. However, if the runtime encounters a file called ''dfini.cfg'' along dfpath, or if a read_dfini statement is in a DataFlex program, it will use the definitions in that file. | ||
== Do's and Don'ts of Running DataFlex 3.2 and Prior Revisions Concurrently == | == Do's and Don'ts of Running DataFlex 3.2 and Prior Revisions Concurrently == | ||