How to assign a hotkey to a command button

[tobydobo]

I have a macro program that allows you to create hotkeys for certain functions and routines. Is there a way to assign a hotkey to a command button?

[June7]

The macro assigns 'hotkeys' to keyboard keys? A command button can have a shortcut key assigned by using & character. Type the & in front any character in button caption and it will be a 'hotkey' (Alt+character) for the equivalent of clicking the button with mouse. If there are no data controls for the cursor to fall into, then don't even need the alt key.

[tobydobo]

Well not exactly. I have a specific windows automation task assigned to a hot key using a program called macro express. So say I assign a macro to hotkey 'shift + f1' and i want to have a command button emulate that specific key combo to trigger the automation task outside of a dB.

[June7]

I suppose you could use SendKeys method to emulate the shift+f1. The only keystrokes I have used SendKeys for is ESC.

[tobydobo]

IWell that's a start. Can u provide the basic syntax in how u did that?

[June7]

SendKeys "{ESC}", True

Access Help has guidelines on SendKeys method.