Hi,

I want to determine which key was pressed in a control,
like a datagrid. I see that in the currentcellchanged
event of a datagrid I can capture keystroke events. I
have tried someting like the following:

Dim ky As New KeyPressEventArgs(Convert.ToChar(27))

but this sets ky to the Escape key. I really want to
capture the number that goes in Convert.ToChar(...). How
can I capture that value?

Thanks,
Steve

What I really want to do is to raise the KeyPress event of
the Form or this datagrid control using the up or down
arrow keys. I have set the Form KeyPreview property to
true. The only key that seems to raise any Key events is
the Enter key. Is there any way to raise a Key event
witht the arrow keys?


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I want to determine which key was pressed in a control,
>like a datagrid. I see that in the currentcellchanged
>event of a datagrid I can capture keystroke events. I
>have tried someting like the following:
>
>Dim ky As New KeyPressEventArgs(Convert.ToChar(27))
>
>but this sets ky to the Escape key. I really want to
>capture the number that goes in Convert.ToChar(...). How
>can I capture that value?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>.
>

Hi Steve,

Try using the KeyDown or KeyUp event. They have a broader range of keys,
including Up and Down arrows.

Hope this helps
Vikas

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:656601c40158$7ec27700$(E-Mail Removed)...
> What I really want to do is to raise the KeyPress event of
> the Form or this datagrid control using the up or down
> arrow keys. I have set the Form KeyPreview property to
> true. The only key that seems to raise any Key events is
> the Enter key. Is there any way to raise a Key event
> witht the arrow keys?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >I want to determine which key was pressed in a control,
> >like a datagrid. I see that in the currentcellchanged
> >event of a datagrid I can capture keystroke events. I
> >have tried someting like the following:
> >
> >Dim ky As New KeyPressEventArgs(Convert.ToChar(27))
> >
> >but this sets ky to the Escape key. I really want to
> >capture the number that goes in Convert.ToChar(...). How
> >can I capture that value?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Steve
> >.
> >

I'm sorry. I should have stated Key events. I have also
tried keydown/up evnts. But I only seem to capture/raise
these events for the Enter key. I would like to
capture/raise the key events for the arrow up/down keys.
Right now I am exploring creating/adding a custom event
handler to the form for this.

Dim Event CustomEvent

Sub Form_Load...

AddHandler Me.CustomEvent, AddressOf CustomEventHandler
....
End Sub

Sub TestEvent()
RaiseEvent Me.CustomEvent
End Sub
Sub CustomEventHandler(...)
Debug.Writeline("Event Trapped")
End Sub

But how do I pass keystrokes to my custom event handler?


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Steve,
>
>Try using the KeyDown or KeyUp event. They have a broader
range of keys,
>including Up and Down arrows.
>
>Hope this helps
>Vikas
>
>"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:656601c40158$7ec27700$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> What I really want to do is to raise the KeyPress event
of
>> the Form or this datagrid control using the up or down
>> arrow keys. I have set the Form KeyPreview property to
>> true. The only key that seems to raise any Key events
is
>> the Enter key. Is there any way to raise a Key event
>> witht the arrow keys?
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I want to determine which key was pressed in a control,
>> >like a datagrid. I see that in the currentcellchanged
>> >event of a datagrid I can capture keystroke events. I
>> >have tried someting like the following:
>> >
>> >Dim ky As New KeyPressEventArgs(Convert.ToChar(27))
>> >
>> >but this sets ky to the Escape key. I really want to
>> >capture the number that goes in Convert.ToChar(...).
How
>> >can I capture that value?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Steve
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>