You can use accelerators in an application by creating an accelerator-table resource in a resource-definition file. Then, when the application creates a standard frame window, the application can associate that window with the resource.

As specified in a resource-definition file, an accelerator table consists of a list of accelerator items, each defining the keystroke that triggers the accelerator, the command the accelerator generates, and the accelerator's style. The style specifies whether the keystroke is a virtual key, a character, or a scan code, and whether the generated message is WM_COMMAND, WM_SYSCOMMAND, or WM_HELP; WM_COMMAND is the default.