I am trying to write a program that dims the brightness on my laptop. I have been unable to find the correct code, so I am trying to get it to press 'Fn & Down' on form load. The problem is I cannot find 'Fn' in the e.KeyPress I set up a small program that alerts me of the key pressed and pressing 'Fn' does not give and alert. Pressing 'Fn & Down' Gives a keycode of "None" Is there some way I can register the 'Fn' key in vb.net?
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From within the same form is this possible? I could eliminate a ton of code if this were possible.
View 8 RepliesI am using the Event Handler below for the Enter Key Press Event, it is running when ever any of the keys is pressed. This is not so much a problem when the app. is running, unnecessary yes. It is giving me problems when ever I am Debugging using Breakpoints. How can I change the Handler so it only runs when the Enter Key is Pressed, doing away with the If statement?
Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
If e.KeyChar = Chr(Keys.Enter) Then
'Different code blocks will run here depending on what
'TextBox or Label is selected.
End If
End Sub
I wrote an application to handle a joystick with directinput. It works fine if it uses the handle of the main window but it doesnt happen the same if the handle is the one of the component that contains the joystick's operation.
I mean:
main form handle: 15
component handle (which is inside the window and the joystick needs the focus of this component to work): 25
It always work if the handle i initilizate the device is the main form (15).How can i use only the handle of the component?
how to get the ascii of a key press on a timer.
View 6 RepliesI have written a login. Now I want to do this (press return to login):
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It does not work. At this time it works only with a button.
Before anyone tries to close this thread thinking this is for malicous purposes, let me tell you that it's not. What i'm working on is an application to save screenshots to files as soon as the 'Print Screen' key is pressed, as Jpegs or what ever. What i want to do is be able to minimize the application and I still want the application pick up on any 'Print Screen' presses, and save the screenshots. I've tried using the KeyPress event, but I soon realized that it only worked when the application had focus. I plan on using it to save screenshots every time I press 'Print Screen'
View 2 RepliesIs there a way to do something when the left mouse curs is down. ive tried:
If apimouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, 0, 0, 0, 0) Then
do things
end
i have this on a timer so i want as long as mouse is down do this...yess i have declered mouse event but when i try it ignore apmouse event and do the things even if not cursor is down If you donīt Believe in it, Then it Doesnīt Exist!
I am working on a software in Visual Studio 2008 Professional, and I need to write code that will run a certain code on a keypress. I cannot find the necessary code anywhere.
View 2 RepliesIs there a method I could use to 'sniff' for a certain keypress.For example, from firefox, I could press ctrl+k and have my program show. Does this capability exist in VB.NET?
View 6 RepliesHow do I detect a ctrl+tab keypress?
Reason for asking: I want to stop a user from changing tabs in a tab control.
I want to be able to detect when the user presses F10 or Ctrl+F10 outside of my program, and upon receiving the key press, it will send text to whatever they currently have selected (e.g. a text box). How can this be accomplished in the simplest way?
View 3 Repliesi want to be able to load form2 by pressing the right mouse button.
here's what i have so far:
Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
If vbKeyRButton = True Then
[Code].....
e.KeyCode is giving me an error.
I am learning C# after tried Java. Ive tried to program a program that can detect keystrokes, however when i add onKeyDown on my form it work but only one key at a time. So ive tried to add my e.keycode detect to a timer and got error. private void key_Tick(object sender, System.EventArgs e, KeyEventArgs e)
That wont work and the timer wont run becuase i have 2 Args. Im really lost and do not really understand
I am trying to modifying the "Math Quiz" tutorial to be more user friendly.
The initial tutorial does not consider the users efforts to answer the math problems as quickly as possible.
The problem is that you must use the mouse or tab key rather than the "enter" key to move to the next control after answering. I believe using the "Enter key to be much more intuitive.
Therefore, I wish to modify the program to either:
1. Check the KeyPress event of the NumberUpDown controls to watch for the "Enter" key to be pressed, and if it is, check to ensure that the current NumberUpDown control is not empty (= Nothing) and if both are True, to then TAB to the next control in the TAB order; OR
2. Uses the PreviewKeyDown event to transpose the "Enter" into a "Tab" automatically so the application will then TAB to the next control in the TAB order.
With all of the new changes to VB 2010 from the last version I actually used professionally (VB6), things are REALLY different, so I no longer know how to accomplish this same task in the new manner. especially if it contains working CODE, because I have always learned better the first time from an example. here is my version of the tutorial Code:
'--- Create a Random object to generate random numbers.
Private objRandomValue As New Random
'--- The Integers will store the numbers for the
' addition problem.
[Code]....
I need to find out how to detect keypress's outside of my form
View 1 RepliesI have a console application and i want to run some code but at the same time I want to have the ability at any given time to press CTRL + SHIFT + S to stop it,
Now I tried doing something basic like this which would stop if you press X at any given time:
Dim stTest as string
Do Until stTest = "X"
stTest = console.ReadLine
console.WriteLine("you didn't press X yet...")
The problem is that every time before it writes that line it will wait for the user input because i have "Console.ReadLine" on there, I don't want that to happen, I want it to keep going until a set of keys are pressed.
trying to get my app to trigger som events on a keypress (lets say left arrow) when my form is not in focus.I've google it bu all i can find looks very complicated, is there an easer way of doing this?Or is it a very complicated thing to do?
View 3 RepliesI want to create a program that gets if the user has pressed a code, for example F8, but without the user having to have focus on the form. I want the program to start hidden, and while the user works normally (say browses the internet (Go Google Chrome)), he just presses F8 and the form shows up. So I ask, is there any way to get key presses outside the form? [code]
View 2 RepliesPrivate Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
If vbKeyRButton = True Then
[code].....
I couldn't manage what the matter is not even after searching. Here my question goes:I need to do a simple task (close my form on pressing escape key) and I use the following code:
Code:
Protected Overrides Sub OnKeyDown(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs)
Select Case (e.KeyData)
'Close on Escape
Well , it works when I click escape my form closes , but.. if I have pressed by accident or some else matter any of the arrow keys (up , down , left , right) before escape and then hit escape nothing happens. I checked if any other key does that and as I see it does not.
I just want to ask why my KeyPress event is apparently not working. What I want is that when I press the letter m, the selectedindex property of my listboxes would change. Here is the code;
Select Case Asc(e.KeyChar)
Case 13
Try
tray.ListBox1.SelectedIndex = tray.ListBox1.SelectedIndex + 1
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I also want to know what the "e.handled = true" is statement for. I set the KeyPreview property of my form to false and true but it's not working as well. the KeyPress event should be triggered regardless of the control within the form that is in focus.
Is it possible to capture a keypress with my application, even if the application isn't focused?And if it is, could someone please point me in the right direction? (I.E things to look up, tutorials)
View 2 RepliesI am trying to create keypress handler that will execute a line of code when Tab, Space, or Enter key is pressed or passed by the scanner gun while the control is in focus. I got it to work with space and enter key but with tab key, the cursor will just jump to the next tab stop without executing the code.
Private Sub Button2_KeyPress(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Button2.KeyPress
Dim keyChar As Char
[Code].......
I can't get my key press even to work. I want to have a key press event where when I press spacebar, I will perform some things. Here is my
Private Sub gamePlay_KeyPress(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyPress
If e.KeyChar = "32" Then[code]....
I search the internet saying that keycharis looking for the value of a certain key that is pressed. I got 32 for spacebar. My code is not working at all.
How do I get a checkbox to be checked with the enter key on the key board when using the keypress control?
View 9 RepliesI want to know how's the function KeyPress, on VB 2005, when it comes to the Help Buttons (F1, F2, F3)
View 3 RepliesIn Visual Studio 2008 (windows forms), how can I map a combination of keys (i.e. Ctrl+F) from a form when running the application? Of course I use the keypress event to map individual keys but I haven't done it before for a combination of keys?
View 5 RepliesI have a piece of code which loops through checked checkboxes to do something with each of them. After each turn in the loop I want to pause before it continues to the next checkbox until the user enters a piece of text into the text box. [code]...
View 8 RepliesWe have 2 apps that we display at once for data entry. 1 taking up the left side of the screen, and 1 taking up the right side.
1 of those apps is the data entry application. The other app is for viewing scanned info. But they can't talk to each other directly.
So I'm creating a tool that runs in the background to intercept certain keys.
I want to be able to capture keys such of Ctrl + Home, Ctrl + Page Up, etc from the data entry application, and send it to the scanned image to rotate it or zoom, etc.
I believe I can do most of it, except 1 part.
Right now if I did Ctrl + PageUp, it will send the key press to both apps. How do I prevent a keypress from the originating application?
