Suppress character entry when using OnLayoutKeystroke?

[Matt Klein]

Hi all -

I've recently started replacing all the plug-in based script triggers in our solution with FileMaker script triggers.

I'm using the OnLayoutKeystroke trigger and I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to prevent the character that's associated with the keystroke from being entered into the current field.

I'm using a seldom used keystroke("`") to bring up a pop-up window and I don't want that character entered into the field.

Thanks for any ideas!

[TheTominator]

Try returning a value of False from your triggered script using Exit Script[0].

Edited January 7, 2010 by Guest

[comment]

If a field is active, then the keystroke goes there, not to the layout.

[Reinder]

Doesn't 'exit script[false]' stop the character from being entered?

That is what I make of this

[bcooney]

The way I understand it, an active field (and you mention a current field) will receive the keystroke before the layout. That is, it'll take the keystroke before your OnLayoutKeystroke trigger fires. You need an OnObjectKeystroke.

Which is, I believe, what comment said.

[comment]

No, because the script needs to run in order to return false.

[comment]

it'll take the keystroke before your OnLayoutKeystroke trigger fires.

Actually, it will take the keystroke and that's it. The OnLayoutKeystroke trigger will NOT fire.

[bcooney]

Precise, as usual.

[Matt Klein]

Thanks all for taking the time to reply to my question. As always, I appreciate it.

TheTominator and Reinder your idea worked great. All I really had to do was read the FileMaker Help topic(the one Reinder included a link to) a little more carefully.

Exit Script[0] does the trick.

Thanks a bunch!