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hitting the "enter" key

PJ6
I want to be able to, depending on the state of the page, direct what the
ENTER key causes the page to do.

The problem I'm having is I have a user control with a textbox and an
"enter" button. If this control is in a certain state, when the user hits
the ENTER key on that page, I want the ENTER event to be sent to the ENTER
button in that control, like the defuault button-clicking behavior I'm
seeing when a button is in the form istelf and not within a user control.

Is that possible?

Paul
Nov 19 '05 #1
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Try http://www.metabuilders.com/Tools/DefaultButtons.aspx

Works fine and it's free!

Nov 19 '05 #2
You could use this free control to solve the problem.
http://www.metabuilders.com/tools/DefaultButtons.aspx

And here are a couple good articles on the subject:
http://www.allasp.net/enterkey.aspx
http://www.aspnetpro.com/features/20...200406so_f.asp

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://Steve.Orr.net
"PJ6" <no****@nowhere .net> wrote in message
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I want to be able to, depending on the state of the page, direct what the
ENTER key causes the page to do.

The problem I'm having is I have a user control with a textbox and an
"enter" button. If this control is in a certain state, when the user hits
the ENTER key on that page, I want the ENTER event to be sent to the ENTER
button in that control, like the defuault button-clicking behavior I'm
seeing when a button is in the form istelf and not within a user control.

Is that possible?

Paul

Nov 19 '05 #3
You can also use something like:

Private Sub Page_PreRender( ...) Handles MyBase.PreRende r
DoSearch()
End Sub

Private btnSearch_Click (...) Handles btnSearch.Click
Do Search()
End Sub

Private Sub DoSearch()
....
End Sub

When they hit the Enter key it will act as if they hit the button.

"PJ6" <no****@nowhere .net> wrote in message
news:ew******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
I want to be able to, depending on the state of the page, direct what the
ENTER key causes the page to do.

The problem I'm having is I have a user control with a textbox and an
"enter" button. If this control is in a certain state, when the user hits
the ENTER key on that page, I want the ENTER event to be sent to the ENTER
button in that control, like the defuault button-clicking behavior I'm
seeing when a button is in the form istelf and not within a user control.

Is that possible?

Paul

Nov 19 '05 #4

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