Typing application

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hi,

I'm new to VB , and I've created a typing program that displays the character pressed and highlights it on the screen. The program displays the characters on a ReadOnly textbox. I could code all characters including the backspace and the enter. The only problem I'm facing right now is how to make the shift key display capital letters ?

I tryed doing it the hard way with an if statement and then cases of all letters , yet it didn't word :(

I know someone can help, and I hope they will

thank you

[debasisdas]

You need to handle the KeyDown event.

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that's what I did for all characters. I used the TextBox_KeyDown , how can I use it for the shift key?

[QVeen72]

Hi,

In KeyUp or KeyDown, Check for "Shift"

Private Sub Text1_KeyUp(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If Shift = 1 Then
        MsgBox "Shift Pressed.."
    End If
End Sub
 

Regards
Veena

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thanks alot veena, but my problem is:

when the user press the shift key, how can I make the next letter pressed capital ?

I know when the user presses the shift key using this line of code

Case e.keyCode = Keys.ShiftKey

but how can I make it work, that's capilaizing the next letter ?!

[QVeen72]

Case e.keyCode = Keys.ShiftKey
but how can I make it work, that's capilaizing the next letter ?!

Some thing Like this :

UCase(Chr((e.KeyCode)))

REgards
Veena

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how do I apply what you wrote on the next letter ?

should I an if statement ?

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Declare a Form Level Boolean Variable say, MyShift.
In Key Up Check if Shift is pressed, Make

If e.keyCode = Keys.ShiftKey Then
   MyShift = Not MyShift 'This Allows you to Toggle Upper and Lower Case
End If
 

And use an If Condition..
If MyShift Then


Regards
Veena

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Thank you so much Veena, that worked :)

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there's also a minor problem with the Alt key

when the user presses alt, the corresponding button should be highlighted, but because I have a menu strip in my program, pressing the alt key causes the focus to be on the menu strip

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Yes, that's a bit problem...
One work-around is :
While User Starts Typing, Disable or Hide the Menu.. and Show a Button with "Menu" as caption.
and Trap the "Alt" Key Pressed in Key Down event.
When the user is done typing, and if he wants the menu, then
in Button_Click event , Hide the button and Show the menu..
Little bit of coding is involved..

REgards
Veena

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thanks alot you've been a great help