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Extras Disk: Commodities Drawer
Using Commodities Tool Types
All of the Commodities programs share two common Tool Types: CX_PRIORITY='n', which assigns priorities to the Commodities Exchange programs, and DONOTWAIT, which instructs the WBStartup file to continue processing without waiting for the commodity program to finish.
All the programs are set to a default priority of 0.
If you enter a Tool Type that changes the priority to a higher value, that program has priority over any other Commodities Exchange program.
For example, you may have two commodities that allow you to assign operations to function keys. If both programs have an operation assigned to F1, the program with the higher priority intercepts the key, making it unavailable to any other Commodities programs.
There are two Tool Types that apply only to programs that open a window: CX_POPUP and CX_POPKEY.
CX_POPUP=NO prevents the program window from opening when the icon is opened. The program activates when you double-click on its icon, but its window remains closed.
The default is CX_POPUP=YES.
CX_POPKEY='key' determines the hot key for a commodity. When the hot key (or key combination) is pressed, the program's window is automatically brought to the front of the screen.
If the window is hidden, it is opened. Hot keys do not start closed commodities.
When specifying key combinations, leave a space between the two keys.
For example:
CX_POPKEY=F9 CX_POPKEY=Shift F4 CX_POPKEY=Shift LAlt LAmiga X
Acceptable Key Combinations:
When specifying key combinations for a Commodities Exchange program, you can use any of the function keys (F1 through F10) and any of the keys in the typewriter area of the keyboard (numbers, letter, symbols, and so forth).
Keys from the typewriter area must be preceded by a qualifier.
The allowable qualifiers are:

Qualifier Key

Alt Either Alt key

RAIt Right Alt only

LAIt Left Alt only

Shift Either Shift key

RShift Right Shift only

LShift Left Shift only

LAmiga LAmiga Left Amiga

RAmiga RAmiga Right Amiga

CTRL Ctrl

Numericpad Specifies a key on the numeric keypad

Rightbutton Rightbutton Click the menu button

Leftbutton Leftbutton Click the selection button

Middlebutton Click the middle button of a three-button mouse

Qualifiers can also be used before function keys, but are not mandatory. You can use any combination of qualifiers; however, they must be followed by a typewriter or function key.
A qualifier is only recognized once in a combination:
LAlt RAmiga LAlt F10
is the same as
LAlt RAmiga F10
The following are acceptable combinations:
Alt F6
LAmiga 8
Ctrl LShift Y
Leftbutton Ctrl CapsLock =¹
Numericpad 8²
¹ Click the selection button, then press Ctrl+Caps Lock+=.
² Use the 8 in the numeric keypad. The 8 in the typewriter area does not satisfy the combination.


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