Hi,

I would like to capture when a user presses F5 in my Windows form
application, but the keypress event does not seem to fire when a function
key is pressed, Is there another way of doing this ?

This code works fine for all keys except function keys

Protected Overrides Sub OnKeyPress(ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs)
Dim myKey As Char
myKey = e.KeyChar
MsgBox(myKey.ToString)
End Sub


Regards

Niclas

Niclas,

Set the form's "KeyPreview" prop. to False and try the following code:
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown

If e.KeyCode = Keys.F5 Then

MessageBox.Show("F5 pressed")

End If

End Sub

Let me know if this works.

- Gary -


"MS Newsgroups" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I would like to capture when a user presses F5 in my Windows form
> application, but the keypress event does not seem to fire when a function
> key is pressed, Is there another way of doing this ?
>
> This code works fine for all keys except function keys
>
> Protected Overrides Sub OnKeyPress(ByVal e As
> System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs)
> Dim myKey As Char
> myKey = e.KeyChar
> MsgBox(myKey.ToString)
> End Sub
>
>
> Regards
>
> Niclas
>
>

"MS Newsgroups" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> I would like to capture when a user presses F5 in my Windows form
> application, but the keypress event does not seem to fire when a
> function key is pressed, Is there another way of doing this ?

Use the KeyDown event. Keypress only fires for keys that create chars.


--
Armin

Hi Niclas,

KeyPress event will not fire for function keys as this event only traps
printable keys. You will need to use the KeyUp or KeyDown events in this
case.

-Prateek

"MS Newsgroups" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi,

I would like to capture when a user presses F5 in my Windows form
application, but the keypress event does not seem to fire when a function
key is pressed, Is there another way of doing this ?

This code works fine for all keys except function keys

Protected Overrides Sub OnKeyPress(ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs)
Dim myKey As Char
myKey = e.KeyChar
MsgBox(myKey.ToString)
End Sub


Regards

Niclas

Cheers Armin. thats the way to do it.

Thanks

Niclas
"Gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Niclas,
>
> Set the form's "KeyPreview" prop. to False and try the following code:
> Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
>
> If e.KeyCode = Keys.F5 Then
>
> MessageBox.Show("F5 pressed")
>
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
> Let me know if this works.
>
> - Gary -
>
>
> "MS Newsgroups" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to capture when a user presses F5 in my Windows form
> > application, but the keypress event does not seem to fire when a
function
> > key is pressed, Is there another way of doing this ?
> >
> > This code works fine for all keys except function keys
> >
> > Protected Overrides Sub OnKeyPress(ByVal e As
> > System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs)
> > Dim myKey As Char
> > myKey = e.KeyChar
> > MsgBox(myKey.ToString)
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Niclas
> >
> >
>
>

Hello,

"MS Newsgroups" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
> I would like to capture when a user presses F5 in my Windows
> form application, but the keypress event does not seem to fire
> when a function key is pressed, Is there another way of doing this ?

Set the form's 'KeyPreview' property to 'True' and add this code:

\\\
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs _
) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F5 Then
MsgBox("F5 pressed!")
End If
End Sub
///

HTH,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet