How to Gain Keyboard Access to Extended Characters

 Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
Article ID: Q131419
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to gain keyboard access to the high ANSI characters (those above 128), which are the control characters, typically used in hot (access) keys.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use the left apostrophe (`) key to gain access to the control characters. You will usually find the left apostrophe (`) key in the upper-left corner of keyboard sharing a key with the tilde (~).

For example, set the font for the Command window to FoxFont. Then press the left apostrophe (`) key once followed by any other key on the keyboard (try "a"). You will get a smiley face for a character. If a font does not have extended characters, such as the Arial font, you will get a box.

NOTE: to get the left apostrophe (`) character to show, you need to press the key twice.

Although this does work on most systems, there have been reports that it does not work on some systems.

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin ctrl
KBCategory: kbother
KBSubcategory: FxotherGeneral

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Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
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