Thread: Underlined ALT keys in XP?

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    Underlined ALT keys in XP?

    I was wondering if anyone has run into this problem with XP and how they were able to fix it.

    Here is a sample menu entry in my resource file if someone could tell me how I can fix it so it displays the underlined ALT keys.

    I'm pretty new to window creation, so if I'm doing something completely wrong please be kind...heh

    Code:
    IDR_FILEMENU MENU
    BEGIN
        POPUP "&File"
        BEGIN
            MENUITEM "E&xit", ID_FILE_EXIT
        END
    
       POPUP "&Help"
       BEGIN
          MENUITEM "&About", ID_HELP_ABOUT
          MENUITEM "&Other", ID_HELP_OTHER
       END
    END

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    Ahhhhhhhh. This isn't a problem with your code, this is a style issue in XP.

    XP automatically removes the underlines from ALT keys.

    go to

    This msdn site and look for something called SPI_SETKEYBOARDCUES.

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