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Alan (and all)

As an intro: I am an old retired guy who taught himself C++; I do this for
fun. I am also an amateur lepidopterist, and I have written a good many
programs I use in connection with my collection. One such program (with some
age on it) pops up relevant data about a critter - range, habitat, food
plants, etc., including a picture.

What I decided to do the other day was add a browse feature. If the bug in
my hand is not quite a match for what the program produces, I wanted the
ability to browse up or down (the collection is arranged in supposedly
evolutionary order.) This was simple to do, but I wrote the old part of the
program to accept "Enter" as a way of beginning the search for the bug in
the spotlight at the time, so after pressing "Browse up" I next must press
"Enter". It works well, but I am wondering if I can press "Enter" with a
line of code.

Were I rewriting the program what I want would be simple. What I want to do
is add a line and eliminate a keystroke. Too, I am curious about how I can
do this; it has never come up before.

If anyone has an answer, I would appreciate it.

Jim Taylor
"Alan Bellingham" <alanb@episys.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim Taylor" <drivingiron@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >How can I hit the "Enter" key from within my program? 'Twould save a few
> >keystrokes. Seems simple, but I can't seem to do it.
>
> What happens when you hit the Enter key? Why not directly call the
> relevant function?
>
> Calling a function by pushing something into a keyboard buffer and then
> reading it back does seem a little silly to me.
>
> Alan Bellingham
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