How do I capture F1 key

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Hi,

I am capturing function keys in my dialog based MFC/C++ application by overriding CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(). This works fine for F2 to F9 but F1 is still trying to open help (although I do get the keypress also).

I handle ON_WM_HELPINFO() in my main dialog and this appeared to work initially but it has since stopped (not sure at what point and what I did to break it). I have added controls to my dialog so maybe this is why it stopped working?

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can stop F1 from opening help within my application?

Thanks

Posted 5-Feb-15 2:50am

softwaremonkey

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softwaremonkey · Answer 1 · 2015-02-05T03:06:00

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Its OK, I think I got it. I just removed the following from my message map and it seems to have worked.

ON_COMMAND(ID_HELP, &CWinApp::OnHelp)

Posted 5-Feb-15 3:06am

softwaremonkey