Hi

I have a Windows Form with nothing but an Acrobat Reader Control, which is
docked to fill the entire form.
I need to catch KeyDown events to scroll, resize etc. the document shown in
the AR Control.
Just to test I have tried the "normal" way:

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
MessageBox.Show("hallo")
End Sub

The Form KeyPreview is set to True

For some strange reason the code above never runs!

Help please
Jørgen

On 11/11/2009 in message <4afae9da$0$1683$(E-Mail Removed)>
Jørgen Sørensen wrote:

>For some strange reason the code above never runs!

Does the form ever get focus or is focus set to the Acrobat reader?

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> On 11/11/2009 in message <4afae9da$0$1683$(E-Mail Removed)>
> Jørgen Sørensen wrote:
>
> >For some strange reason the code above never runs!
>
> Does the form ever get focus or is focus set to the Acrobat reader?

Yes, I guess it is a focus problem. I am trying to force focus to the form
whenever the AR has had it.

Jørgen

I believe KeyDown doesn't get called unless the parent form has the
KeyPreview flag set. If you need something outside the scope of a WinForm
or its components, you might want to check out user32.dll for some low-level
keyboard functions.


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> "Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i en meddelelse
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>> On 11/11/2009 in message <4afae9da$0$1683$(E-Mail Removed)>
>> Jørgen Sørensen wrote:
>>
>> >For some strange reason the code above never runs!
>>
>> Does the form ever get focus or is focus set to the Acrobat reader?
>
> Yes, I guess it is a focus problem. I am trying to force focus to the form
> whenever the AR has had it.
>
> Jørgen
>
>