KeyDown in combobox not fired

[PeterB]

I have read about this problem in a couple of threads but none has come up
with an answer. I have added a keydown event to a couple of comboboxes and
textboxes. The event fires when focus is on a textbox but when I have a
combobox focused, the event is never fired. I have tried KeyUp and KeyPress
as well without success.

In one thread this was reported as a bug, is that so? But that was an old
message and surely if it was a bug it should have been fixed by now...

/ Peter

 

[Andrew McGrath]

Hi Peter,

It is the case that the Key Events are not fired for most of the controls
apart
from the TextBox.

We have implemented a set of controls that let you get such events. If you
purchase any of the controls, we only compile the code that is relevant to
your
requirements, keeping the Dll size to a miminum. Your other alternative is
to write
quite a lot of C++ code to make it all happen.

You can download a trial of our Dynamic Framework product from
www.mcsoft.com.au

Regards

Andrew
www.mcsoft.com.au

 

[PeterB]

maybe this will be supported in later versions of CF?

 

[PeterB]

Thanks for the idea John. In my application I have reached the limit on the
amount of controls when it comes to performance etc. Making all combo-boxes
three controls would make things even worse. I am curious why the keydown
event isn't fired, since it actually does exist...

I would love an answer from Microsoft wheter they will support this in later
versions of the CF (1.2?).

br,

Peter