determine which key is pressed in control?

[Steve]

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

 

[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?

 

[Vikas Ahuja]

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]

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?