[AccessD] FW: My keyboard

Ever have that thing happen where the system thinks that the CTRL or ALT
key or whatever is being held down?  It's not, but the system behaves as
if it is.  The behavior described is what happens in Access when you
press F4 with the CTRL key engaged.  There may be some keyboard trick to
"reset" the state of the special keys when they get "stuck" like that.
If so, I never really found it.  I think sometimes I luck into it and
get the thing to release, but maybe somebody knows a special combination
of keys and/or body positioning to make it happen consistently.

 
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:24 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] FW: My keyboard


 From a client.  Any idea what's going on there?  I'll bet his DOS
program
has hijacked the F4 key for its own purposes.
 
TIA
 
Rocky
 

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From: 
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:20 AM
To: Rocky Smolin
Subject: My keyboard



I am getting funny results from my function keys when I use an old DOS
program. then I noticed that when I am in MS Access something strange is
happening.

Most likely I need a new keyboard but tell me if you have heard of this
from
other people.

In access, unless you change the commands, F4 (function key) when you
are in
a combo box causes the list to drop down. Now it is popping my out of
the
program (that is the specific mdb closes and I am left looking at the
Access
basic screen that offers opening one of the recently use programs or a
new
data base, etc.

Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot. that's WTF

 

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