The choice has to be hi-lighted which is not automatic.  They would have 
to hit an arrow key first to hi-light the choice then hit Enter. 
Otherwise no choice has been made and you will get blank.

On 12/19/2019 2:09 AM, Thies Grimm wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> if the user just looks at the PopUpMenu, doesn't make a choice (one Value
> is marked Checked) and presses 'Enter' I just get an empty string.
> 
> It's what some users do!
> 
> Thies
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Bannister <markRemove@THISinjection-moldings.com> wrote:
>> Enter selects the currently hilighted option.  Escape returns blank.
>>
>> On 12/18/2019 8:07 AM, Thies Grimm wrote:
>>> Moin, Moin,
>>>
>>> I'm using a little script to show a popupmenu for a users choice.
>>> How can I tell wether a user presses 'Escape' or 'Enter'?
>>>
>>> little example:
>>> =======================================================
>>> var
>>>      p        PopUpMenu
>>>      stChoice String
>>> endVar
>>>
>>>      p.addText("Paris")
>>>      p.addText("Hamburg")
>>>      p.addText("Sydney", menuChecked)
>>>      p.addText("Chicago")
>>>
>>>      stChoice = p.show()
>>>
>>>      if not isBlank(stChoice) then
>>>         msgInfo("my Choice", stChoice)
>>>      endIf
>>> =======================================================
>>>
>>> If the user presses 'Enter' I get an empty Result - just the same if the
>>> user presse 'Escape'.
>>>
>>> I want to use the menuChecked value if the user presses 'Enter'.
>>> So how can I tell?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> _________
>>> To do: do
>>>
>>
>