Key press in c sharp. What am I doing wrong?

[guest087123]

I'm pretty new to c sharp... can't get this going. When the user presses z move my animation. This is what I have coded but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong.

private void Form1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{         
            switch (e.KeyChar) 
            {
                case 'Z':
                    tank1.TurnBarrelLeft();
                    break;
                case 'X':
                    tank1.TurnBarrelRight();
                    break;
            }
}.

[Curtis Rutland]

Well, I would use the KeyDown event, first of all.

Did you assign this method to the event handler, or did you just type/paste it in? What I mean is, did you use the Properties panel on the form editor to add the handler?

If you did, you should put a breakpoint in at your method, and see if it's actually being called.

Anyway, here's how I would handle it myself, to remove ambiguity:

private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    switch (e.KeyCode)
    {
        case Keys.Z:
            //whatever;
            break;
        case Keys.X:
            //whatever;
            break;
        default:
            //sanity check
            break;
    }
}

[tlhintoq]

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[guest087123]

I used a breakpoint and found out it wasn't executing. I was overriding the ProccessCmdKey method ( I thought this was just used for arrow keys ) , so I just popped the code in there and it worked. Thanks for the help

[Curtis Rutland]

Glad to be of service.