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Arrow keys ignored

Rud
Hello,

As soon as I set the form "isMdiContainer = true", the arrow keys are not
captured by the forms KeyDown routine anymore. All other keys are nicely
captured. When a child form is created also there the arrow keys are not
raising the child's KeyDown event.

See my sample code below: (for Form1: "isMdiContainer = true", and
"KeyPreview = true")

Any ideas out there? Thanks in advance!

Rud.

Public Class Form1

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown

MsgBox(e.KeyCode)

End Sub

End Class
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