David Alm: Automated Syncronization with Documentation

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== Description ==
Use this property to set or get the type of processing that
is performed on a string when the hot key prefix, an
ampersand (&), is encountered. The ampersand is called the
hot key prefix and can be used to designate certain keys as
hot keys.
Remarks
Hot keys, also called access keys, are keys that are
programmed to provide an end user with keyboard shortcuts to
functionality and are activated by pressing the ALT key. The
keys are application dependent and are identified by an
underscored letter, typically in a menu name or menu item;
for example, when you press ALT, the letter F of the File
menu is underscored. The F key is a shortcut to display the
File menu.

A client programmer designates a hot key in an application by
using the hot key prefix, an ampersand (&), in a string
that typically is displayed as the name of a menu or an item
in a menu and by using the SetHotkeyPrefix method to set the
appropriate type of processing. When a character in a string
is preceded with an ampersand, the key that corresponds to
the character becomes a hot key during the processing that
occurs when the string is drawn on the display device. The
ampersand is called a hot key prefix because it precedes the
character to be activated. If HotkeyPrefixNone is passed to
SetHotkeyPrefix, no processing of the hot key prefix occurs.

Note The term hot key is used synonymously here with the
term access key. The term hot key may have a different
meaning in other Windows APIs.

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