Thanks zmbd for the code I put a print line in imediately after the key code and it recognised it instantly but did not exit the loop, however with the new loop you sent me it was possible to exit the loop with a mouse click on a command box making it un-neccisary to have the keypress code in at all, so job done and thanks again.

'Hi zmbd Thank you for the welcome and for trying to help me
'I am not sure what (the target OS, the compiler version) means so i have sent-
'-this tiny exerpt from my origanal program it will be sufficient to work with, I HOPE
'I am using vb6 if this is what you mean by compiler version

'you will need 1 form
'1 label
'2 image boxes with stretch set to true and any 2 images you choose on your pc-...

Hi guys, I've just joined the community today 01/01/2014 but I have used the site in the past just by browsing for answers, so first I must thank you guys for all the help I recieved in the past. Thanks to You all.

A little about my self.
I have been programing in vb since vb3 but I am getting a bit long in the tooth to start useing anything above vb6 which I now use to do all my programing.
I am far from being proficient,...