"HELP! VB2008 keypress help" Topic

I want to detect which key has been pressed in VB2008. Unfortunately MS have got rid of the simple

Private Sub Form_KeyPress(keyascii As Integer)

method of VB6.

Does anyone know how? What does the key press return (ascii or 'key symbol')?

Thanks

NB
Please no rants re VB etc- I'm self teaching what I have, can't justify spending money on buying another language.

IT still has the keypress:

Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress

and you use e.KeyChar

You may find KeyDown or KeyUp better which returns a KeyCode and is better for tracking special keys:

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

You need to send the Keypreview property of the form to true. Note: this is assuming you are using WinForms and not WPF.

Thanks. Off the back of your answer I've Googled e.keychar, and found the MS page on their help site- I tried using search yesterday, and failed.

I may come back with a question on actual coding though.

ie- with in the Private sub, go I put Label1.Text=ekeychar to show key pressed (haven't got access to VB at the moment).

ie- with in the Private sub, do I put Label1.Text=e.keychar to show key pressed (haven't got access to VB at the moment).

Yes.

I've got it working- it was the keypreview that was the bit I kept missing. I now have a program that responds to both number row and numberpad, as well as on screen buttons

Thanks SpaceCudet