switching to other open programs!!

Hi friends
this is interesting problem.we've vfp8 application (vip).we recently
released a new build to clients.
sometimes VIP is jumping to other applications that are open. we've found
since the new upgrade that for no particular reason when users hit random
keys in the middle of various procedures within VIP that it will jump to any
other application users have open. It mostly skips to Outlook Express but on
occasions when MYOB is open aswell it will go to that. Once in the other
application they simply have to use the mouse to click on the VIP on the
taskbar and it will take them back to VIP and they can continue.

any ideas on where to start.
initially we thought it was some application having hot keys but looks like
it is unlikely as we've received complaints from more than a handful.
Thanks for the ideas
--
cheers

Cindy
Fri May 13 07:35:13 CDT 2005

Hi Rajani,

You would see this behavior if the users press Alt+Tab.

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"rajani" <rajani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7724A90-8E9D-4B1D-9656-ACA517472308@microsoft.com...
> Hi friends
> this is interesting problem.we've vfp8 application (vip).we recently
> released a new build to clients.
> sometimes VIP is jumping to other applications that are open. we've found
> since the new upgrade that for no particular reason when users hit random
> keys in the middle of various procedures within VIP that it will jump to
> any
> other application users have open. It mostly skips to Outlook Express but
> on
> occasions when MYOB is open aswell it will go to that. Once in the other
> application they simply have to use the mouse to click on the VIP on the
> taskbar and it will take them back to VIP and they can continue.
>
> any ideas on where to start.
> initially we thought it was some application having hot keys but looks
> like
> it is unlikely as we've received complaints from more than a handful.
> Thanks for the ideas
> --
> cheers

Jan
Fri May 13 20:36:13 CDT 2005

Rajani,

You would also see this behaviour if the users have non standard keyboards.
In one instance I found a site with Microsoft Keyboards that had non
standard function keys. The function keys were pre programmed for Office and
to have the function keys operate as expected the user had to press a
function meta key (FN) a bit like on a laptop.

HTH
Jan

"rajani" <rajani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7724A90-8E9D-4B1D-9656-ACA517472308@microsoft.com...
> Hi friends
> this is interesting problem.we've vfp8 application (vip).we recently
> released a new build to clients.
> sometimes VIP is jumping to other applications that are open. we've found
> since the new upgrade that for no particular reason when users hit random
> keys in the middle of various procedures within VIP that it will jump to
> any
> other application users have open. It mostly skips to Outlook Express but
> on
> occasions when MYOB is open aswell it will go to that. Once in the other
> application they simply have to use the mouse to click on the VIP on the
> taskbar and it will take them back to VIP and they can continue.
>
> any ideas on where to start.
> initially we thought it was some application having hot keys but looks
> like
> it is unlikely as we've received complaints from more than a handful.
> Thanks for the ideas
> --
> cheers