KeyDown handling?

[Lars Netzel]

If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and properites will
only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to give me "a".

If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to e.KeyChar which
will give me the "a" but I can't use that here.. I need to use the KeyDown..
since you can only capture ONE key in KeyPress and I'm looking for Several
Keys.

So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any ideas on how?

Regards
/Lars Netzel

[Giuliano]

"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> ha scritto nel messaggio
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| If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and properites will
| only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to give me "a".
|
| If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to e.KeyChar which
| will give me the "a" but I can't use that here.. I need to use the
KeyDown..
| since you can only capture ONE key in KeyPress and I'm looking for Several
| Keys.
|
| So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any ideas on
how?
|
| Regards
| /Lars Netzel
|
try convert.ToChar(KeyCode)

Giuliano

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> If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and properites will

only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to give me "a".

If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to e.KeyChar which
will give me the "a" but I can't use that here.. I need to use the KeyDown.. since you can only capture ONE key in KeyPress and I'm looking for Several
Keys.

So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any ideas on how?
Regards
/Lars Netzel

if i understood well your questions you can do
Chr(e.KeyCode)

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[Armin Zingler]

"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> schrieb

If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and properites
will only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to give me "a".

If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to e.KeyChar
which will give me the "a" but I can't use that here.. I need to use
the KeyDown.. since you can only capture ONE key in KeyPress and I'm
looking for Several Keys.

So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any ideas
on how?

If you want to process chars, use KeyPress.
If you want to process keys, use KeyDown.

Why can't you use
if e.keycode = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.A then
?
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[Lars Netzel]

Yes, thank you! It fixed my problem!

/Lars

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If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and properites will only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to give me "a".

If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to e.KeyChar which
will give me the "a" but I can't use that here.. I need to use the

KeyDown..

since you can only capture ONE key in KeyPress and I'm looking for Several Keys.

So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any ideas on

how?

Regards
/Lars Netzel

if i understood well your questions you can do
Chr(e.KeyCode)

Bye
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Ciao

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[Lars Netzel]

Cause I have dynamic Hotkeys... the user can choose what To compare with so
I can's use the static comparision you suggested.

/Lars

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"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> schrieb

If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and properites
will only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to give me "a".

If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to e.KeyChar
which will give me the "a" but I can't use that here.. I need to use
the KeyDown.. since you can only capture ONE key in KeyPress and I'm
looking for Several Keys.

So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any ideas
on how?

If you want to process chars, use KeyPress.
If you want to process keys, use KeyDown.

Why can't you use
if e.keycode = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.A then
?
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[Armin Zingler]

"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> schrieb

"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> schrieb

If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and
properites will only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to
give me "a".

If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to
e.KeyChar which will give me the "a" but I can't use that here..
I need to use the KeyDown.. since you can only capture ONE key in
KeyPress and I'm looking for Several Keys.

So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any
ideas on how?

If you want to process chars, use KeyPress.
If you want to process keys, use KeyDown.

Why can't you use
if e.keycode = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.A then
?

Cause I have dynamic Hotkeys... the user can choose what To compare
with so I can's use the static comparision you suggested.

I don't understand. You can also use a variable of type
System.Windows.Forms.Keys instead of directly using the constant to compare
to.
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[Lars Netzel]

The user fill a textfield in the preferences window of my application with
what letters (+ ALT) associated they want to use for certain functions.
Since that's a String I get from the USer I nee to get that into something
that I can compare with in the Event for the KeyDown.

If you know of a really good way of doing this without using my way I'm
happy to hear cause my solution feels a bit "ugly"

If Chr(e.KeyValue) = UserVariableAsString AndAlso (e.Alt) Then

Me.dgrResources.Focus()

ElseIf Chr(e.KeyValue) = UserVariableAsString2 AndAlso e.Modifiers =
Keys.Alt Then

Me.dgrCodes.Focus()

End If

/Lars Netzel

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"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> schrieb
> If I press the Key "a" on the keyboard, all the events and
> properites will only give me "65" as keycode.. and I want it to
> give me "a".
>
> If I use the KeyPress event.. then I will have access to
> e.KeyChar which will give me the "a" but I can't use that here..
> I need to use the KeyDown.. since you can only capture ONE key in
> KeyPress and I'm looking for Several Keys.
>
> So I need to convert the KeyCode "65" into a Character... any
> ideas on how?

If you want to process chars, use KeyPress.
If you want to process keys, use KeyDown.

Why can't you use
if e.keycode = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.A then
?
Cause I have dynamic Hotkeys... the user can choose what To compare
with so I can's use the static comparision you suggested.

I don't understand. You can also use a variable of type
System.Windows.Forms.Keys instead of directly using the constant to

compare to.
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[Armin Zingler]

"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> schrieb

Cause I have dynamic Hotkeys... the user can choose what To
compare with so I can's use the static comparision you
suggested.

I don't understand. You can also use a variable of type
System.Windows.Forms.Keys instead of directly using the constant
to

compare

to.

The user fill a textfield in the preferences window of my application
with what letters (+ ALT) associated they want to use for certain
functions. Since that's a String I get from the USer I nee to get
that into something that I can compare with in the Event for the
KeyDown.

If you know of a really good way of doing this without using my way
I'm happy to hear cause my solution feels a bit "ugly"

If Chr(e.KeyValue) = UserVariableAsString AndAlso (e.Alt) Then

Me.dgrResources.Focus()

ElseIf Chr(e.KeyValue) = UserVariableAsString2 AndAlso e.Modifiers
= Keys.Alt Then

Me.dgrCodes.Focus()

End If

Dim key As System.Windows.Forms.Keys
key = DirectCast( _
[Enum].Parse( _
GetType(System.Windows.Forms.Keys), "a", True _
), System.Windows.Forms.Keys _
)
But, instead of offering a way to input chars, I'd handled the KeyDown
event. Open the properties of a link in the explorer where you can input a
key combination. That's probably something I'd prefer as a user.
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[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Lars,
I would consider creating a custom control for your preferences window that
has a property of type System.Windows.Forms.Keys that represents the key the
user presses.

The control would display a text representation of this using Enum.ToString.

The control would use the KeyDown event to store the keys used to create the
value.

This control would work similar to the "Press shortcut keys(s)" control in
"Tools - Customize - Keyboard" in VS.NET.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Lars Netzel" <[stop_spam]@host.topdomain> wrote in message
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The user fill a textfield in the preferences window of my application with
what letters (+ ALT) associated they want to use for certain functions.
Since that's a String I get from the USer I nee to get that into something
that I can compare with in the Event for the KeyDown.

If you know of a really good way of doing this without using my way I'm
happy to hear cause my solution feels a bit "ugly"

If Chr(e.KeyValue) = UserVariableAsString AndAlso (e.Alt) Then

Me.dgrResources.Focus()

ElseIf Chr(e.KeyValue) = UserVariableAsString2 AndAlso e.Modifiers =
Keys.Alt Then

Me.dgrCodes.Focus()

End If

/Lars Netzel

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