tThank Chris: Where I was making my mistake was hitting the enter key. In order to go into the program of request with Win SXP yyou need to press the spacebar instead of the enter key. A review helps once in a while. Your Friend Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Chaffin" <chaffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: Re: Making Hotkeys > Hi, > I am not using windows XP, but I would think this would not make a > difference. There are several ways you can make a hotkey for a particular > piece of software, but here are the two most used ways, or at least the two > most used ways by me! > For an icon on the desktop: > 1. Highlight the icon of the particular software > 2. Hit alt enter > 3. This should put you in the shortcut tab, and you should hear something > like 'target: edit' > 4. If you tab a couple of times you should hear 'shortcut key: edit' > 5. In this edit box, just hit on your keyboard the keystroke combination > that you want to make your shortcut key > 6. Then just hit tab until you come to the okay button and hit enter! > 7. All done! > > From the start menu: > 1. Find the shortcut on your start menu for the particular software > 2. Hit the application key (key to the left of the right control key) > 3. Arrow down to properties, and hit enter > 4. This should put you in the shortcut tab, and you should hear something > like 'target: edit' > 5. If you tab a couple of times you should hear 'shortcut key: edit' > 6. In this edit box, just hit on your keyboard the keystroke combination > that you want to make your shortcut key > 7. Then just hit tab until you come to the okay button and hit enter! > 8. All done! > I hope this helps you out! > Chris Chaffin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dave grossoehme" <davegross1@xxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:29 AM > Subject: Making Hotkeys > > > > It's been long ago since I've made a hotkey to start an application. I > know that this has referenced in the pass, but I need a refresher. Can > someone help? I'm using JFW 5 with the latest version with Win XP Pro. > > Your Friend > > Dave > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact > the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx