Dennis:
Thanks for a great post that I hope puts some of these issues to rest.
Seasons Greetings to all the Writelog Family.
Dean - 8P6SH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis J Hoffmeyer" <kg6giq@antelecom.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 2:30 AM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] WL not saving configuration "right"
> I'm going to apologize first for the use of bandwidth on the Writelog
> reflector. I personally felt that some background information might
> clear up some of the latest posts that keep going back and forth.
> Anyways please excuse me for the bandwidth consumption and if this was
> fully covered already but the messages have gotten a little out of hand.
>
> The methodology that Microsoft uses for drop down menus is
> Alt-<character> sets the drop down menus into motion. From there the
> menus are considered to be the top level window (In the foreground) so
> there is no Alt key typically needed to "hot key" to one of the menu
> items. This is the standard used for all visual development suite
> products and can be referenced on proper development from the MSDN
> portion of the Microsoft site. However this behavior may act
> differently with the use of Microsoft's latest Visual development suite
> labeled Dot Net. Since I have not upgraded personally to these products
> I cannot confirm whether there is a difference or not in programming
> with them.
>
> Now for Microsoft's operating systems and changes that have occurred
> with the Alt key functionality. In Windows XP Microsoft made a change
> that hides the default underlining of the Alt key functions. In order
> to see the underline you now have to hit the Alt key for it to be
> displayed. However this can be change by the user if they feel like
> they want everything looking like older versions of Windows. This is
> done by the following steps.
>
> 1. Right click the desktop and select Properties
> 2. Select the Appearance tab.
> 3. Click the Effects botton.
> 4. Uncheck the last item "Hide underlined letters for keyboard
> navigation until I press the Alt key".
> 5. Click OK twice.
>
> Now in Writelog or any other programs the Alt key (underlining) will be
> displayed on the general menus. Maybe with this insight some of this
> discussion can now be put to rest and Writelog technical issues can be
> the focus from now on.
>
> 73,
> Dennis J Hoffmeyer
> KG6GIQ
>
>
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