KeyDown Event in VB 2005

[fripper]

I have a VB 2005 windows app and I want to recognize keydown events. I have
a form key down event handler but it does not get control when a key is
depressed. In playing around I found that if I add a keydown event handler
for some control on the form, say a textbox ...
Private Sub txtBox_KeyDown( ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows. Forms.KeyEventA rgs) Handles txtBox.KeyDown)

and then give that control focus the keydown event is recognized by that
handler. My question is how to I set things up so that when the app is
launched and the user presses a key it will be seen by the form's keydown
event handler.



Thanks.

[Kerry Moorman]

RE: KeyDown Event in VB 2005

fripper,

If you set the form's KeyPreview property to True you get a first shot at
processing all the form's keystrokes.

Kerry Moorman


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> I have a VB 2005 windows app and I want to recognize keydown events. I have
> a form key down event handler but it does not get control when a key is
> depressed. In playing around I found that if I add a keydown event handler
> for some control on the form, say a textbox ...
> Private Sub txtBox_KeyDown( ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.Windows. Forms.KeyEventA rgs) Handles txtBox.KeyDown)
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> and then give that control focus the keydown event is recognized by that
> handler. My question is how to I set things up so that when the app is
> launched and the user presses a key it will be seen by the form's keydown
> event handler.
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> Thanks.
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