Linking functions to keystrokes

[BoudewijnEctor]

Hi There, I've made a key accelerator table, and I've linked this one to my app. But how do I associate the message from the accelerator to a function? Is this also possible in a dialog based app? Thanks,

[Mike Dimmick]

A keyboard accelerator generates (through the ::TranslateAccelerator function) a WM_COMMAND message with the identifier you've assigned in the accelerator table. In MFC, CFrameWnd::PreTranslateMessage calls ::TranslateAccelerator for you. Handle the message with an ON_COMMAND macro. For a raw API application, you should add a call to TranslateAccelerator in your message loop and handle the message in your window's window procedure. For an MFC dialog-based application, override PreTranslateMessage and add a call to TranslateAccelerator. Again, handle with ON_COMMAND. Note that menu items, command buttons, toolbar buttons and accelerators all generate WM_COMMAND messages. You should assign all items in the above categories which perform the same operation the same identifier (e.g. ID_FILE_SAVE for the File > Save menu item, the Save button in the toolbar, and the Ctrl+S key combination).