Trapping the F1 key without process()

I was surprised that I cannot trigger a key event for a function key
except under process.  I have a rather larger program written prior to
process() .  I updated the help file recently and found Superbase
could not launch the help file any longer, So I rewrote the help file
menu items to use ShellExec.  That all works, but I need to trap the
F1 key and use Shellexec on it also.  This does not seem to work
unless you are using process().. Is there a way to trap for this, or
disable the F1 key default action?

The following is my sample program that helped me reach this
conclusion:

SUB main()
 ON EVENTCLASS KEY CALL KeyEvent(), EVENTPRIORITY 122
 EVENTCLASS KEY ON 
 WHILE - 1
    'WAIT KEY OR MOUSE   ' This line will not trap F1
    superbase.process()        ' This line will trap F1
    DEBUG 
 WEND 
 
 END SUB 
 
SUB KeyEvent(t%,k%%,s$)
 DEBUG 
 SELECT CASE k%%
   CASE 179' UP  
     REQUEST "UP"
   CASE 180' Down
     REQUEST "DOWN"
   CASE ELSE 
 DEBUG 
     REQUEST S$, STR$ (k%%,"9999")
 END CASE 
 
 END SUB 
 

Try adding

SET HELP OFF

Works!  Thanks.  I checked "SET HELP" in the help file, but somehow
overlooked the "See Also" link.

-Dan

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:13:41 +0100, "Phil Alexander"
<philbo@cix.co.ukk> wrote:

>Try adding
>
>SET HELP OFF
>
>before you enter your loop