I have an application that the main screen currently has all exit functionality removed by use of a class. I want a certain key combination to exit the program, but cannot figure out how to do this. I.E. Ctrl + X.
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how one would be able to detect what keys are pressed. The problem is i want this done while my application is running in the background. There are alot of examples of doing it when yu are is what you are busy with. My scenario. I have an app process running in the background hidden. The when i press ctrl and t as an example i would like my form displayed.
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What I'm trying to do here is load data into the clipboard and then wait until the user pastes the data before clearing and entering more data into the clipboard.Here's a snipet:
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Clipboard.Clear()
Clipboard.SetText("TEST #1")
'Wait until user hits Ctrl+V
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Is there a way to pause execution of the code until the user hits Ctrl+V?
I'm looking to write a function that is called everytime an exit button is pressed, just simply prompting the user to click yes or no is there a guide anywhere? is there a name for this kind of thing i can look at it more?
View 7 RepliesI'm developing a program using VB 2005.I've tried to use the following instructions to "kill" the application
Application.Exit()
Environment.Exit(0)
(not at the same time)
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I have alot of experience in working in VBA for excel, but not so much experience in creating my own structures so it's all still a bit foggy. I'm trying to capture the event for when the F1 key is pressed, not just when the form is active, but anytime the program is running. The code below expressing the handling is automatically generated for me in VB Express... But I'd like to change the situation to encompass anytime the program is open. I guess I have to reference events that happen in windows in general, but i don't know how to do it. I think i have to create the even in a class module?
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View 1 RepliesHow can i make a program that generates a combination of letters,starting from user-specified to the end of the user-specification. here is an example of what i mean:
aaa
aab
aac
aad
aae
and so on...
How can i make this?
I am running VS 2008 and building my app on a Windows 7 box. The main form/window has a KeyDown event handler as follows in it:
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
MsgBox("control = " + e.Control.ToString + ", shift = " + e.Shift.ToString + ", e.Keycode = " + e.KeyCode.ToString)
When I build it and run it within VS it seems to run fine. The messagebox appears with the state of the control and shift keys along with the key code of the key I pressed. However, if I take the executable and run it on an XP box (both using .Net Runtime 3.5) as soon as the main form opens, the messagebox appears. Basically the "KeyDown" event seems to be firing without any keys being pressed. The messagebox comes back with: "control = False, shift = False, e.Keycode = None".
How is this possible? How can the keyDown event be fired when no keys have been pressed (as is confirmed by the output contained in the messagebox?) how I can diagnose this on the XP box since it does not have Visual Studio on it?Update I tried creating a brand new project where there is only "form1" and the only code behind this is the keyDown event handler. It just opens a blank window and pops up the message box if a key is pressed. It worked as expected on the Win 7 box but when I moved the executable to the XP box, it immediately popped open the messagebox without pressing a key.
I have a tabcontrol with 3 tabs. I can't see where any event is raised when I click the small tab area (where the name of the tabpage is). I see where an event is raised when I click on the tabpage itself. What is the event for the small tab area? I am getting by with a mousemove event over the currently selected tabpage.
View 3 RepliesI have a single windows form application that is running in system tray icon.If the user press X button of the windows form a messagebox is displayed with Yes and No ( Yes ->close the form---No->keep the form running in system tray icon).I was thinking to prevent the scenario when the user open another instance of the application when there is already an instance running so i have used this code :
If Process.GetProcessesByName(Process.GetCurrentProcess.ProcessName).Length> 1 Then
MessageBox.Show("Another instance is running", "Error Window", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
Application.Exit()
End If
The problem is that when i want to test this the message is displayed but after i press ok, a new messagebox appears (that one from Private Sub Form_FormClosing ).If i choose NO i will have to instance running!I have read that Application.Exit fires the Form_FormClosing event.Is there any possibility to cancel the triggering of the Form_FormClosing event?'this is the formclosing
procedure
Private Sub Form_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
Try
Dim response As MsgBoxResult
response = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to exit", CType(MsgBoxStyle.Question + MsgBoxStyle.YesNo, MsgBoxStyle), "Confirm")
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I have a MDIcontainer form witch handles MDIchildren. The problem I'm having is when i open a new Mdi child and close the Main form , The app is supposed to ask if i want to save the current MdiChild. Heres my code
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The image below shows a part of my Login form . The program works fine and I am able to login when I press the Enter Button. But I want to Login when I press My Enter Button (Return Button) on my Keyboard. How can I do this ?
View 3 RepliesI am creating a keydown event that when the enter key is pressed it performs the button1_click event. I have this much:
if e.keycode = keys.enter then
//code here
endif
I just need to know how to make it perform the button1_click event.
I have to handle a particular kind of KeyDown event. I have made a new virtualdesktop for my GPS Windows CE based thats launch an external program (like TomTom). I have to handle and capture event when key wheels are pressed (volume control). I know only like as "Private Sub Form1_KeyDown()" but this function works only when Form1 is focused... How can I continue to get and traps event when my TomTom is still running and focused?
View 7 RepliesI know the answer to this is out there somewhere, but my Google isn't being much help on this one. I am trying to make my combobox run an event when the enter key is pressed. Here is my code.
Private Sub CmbQuery_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles CmbQuery.KeyPress
If e.KeyChar = Chr(13) Then
SearchEvent()
End If
End Sub
I use DirectInput to control a joystick. Now I use a timer to continuously runs a sub
Private Sub timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
UpdateUI()
End Sub
Public Sub UpdateUI()
' This function updated the UI with
' Joystick state information.
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The problem is this is not very efficient. Now I would like to know if its possible to trigger a sub as soon a button D-sub of analog stick is pressed/moved. I've seen the following:
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How to implement this?
I have a validating event for a txtbox called txtname. If the user tries to leave txtname for another txt box without entering their name a messagebox comes up giving an error. I have an exit button which will when clicked ask you if you really want to leave then you can choose yes or no. I can't seem to figure out how to allow the user to click the exit button while leaving the txtname blank so it would bypass the error message and only bring up the exit prompt. Here's what I have coded for the validating event and the exit event.
Private Sub txtName_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles txtName.Validating
If IsNumeric(txtName.Text) Then
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When a user clicks on the little red "x" a.k.a. the form close button on the form command bar, what even is activated besides FormClosed()
I know FormClosing() is called, but I cannot really stop the form from closing after my code is run. I want to be able to show a messagebox that asks if the user wants to exit the form or not. Obviously if they click no, I want the form to stay open, how would I do this?
I've got a key pressed code
vb.net
Private Sub MainWindow_PreviewKeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.PreviewKeyDown
If Keyboard.IsKeyDown(Key.A) AndAlso Keyboard.IsKeyDown(Key.LeftCtrl) AndAlso
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How can I call my Button1.Click event on the 3 keys being pressed???
I am using vb.net and i want to fire/execute labels mousehover and other events when user pressed mouse left buttion.For Ex.: i want to execute mousehover event when user pressed left mouse buttion. Without pressing left buttion you can execute but i want to execute with press.
View 4 RepliesIs there a way in VB.NET to make an event when a button is long pressed? Like one thing happens when you only click it and another thing happens when you long click it ..
View 3 RepliesI have a validating event for a txtbox called txtname. If the user tries to leave txtname for another txt box without entering their name a messagebox comes up giving an error. I have an exit button which will when clicked ask you if you really want to leave then you can choose yes or no. I can't seem to figure out how to allow the user to click the exit button while leaving the txtname blank so it would bypass the error message and only bring up the exit prompt. Here's what I have coded for the validating event and the exit event.
Private Sub txtName_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles txtName.Validating
If IsNumeric(txtName.Text) Then
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I've been searching for the answer for this all over, but I can't seem to find the solution. I have no idea how do this. A code that triggers an event after multiple command buttons are pressed in a certain order. For example: I press Command1, then Command2, then Command8, then Command5, then an event happens. It's kind of similar to entering a code to activate something.
View 4 RepliesI have 2 listboxes on a form. Each listbox has a few items. As you know, I am able to have 1 item selected from each listbox, therefore making it 2 selected items from different listboxes.
I want to create a keyboard + mouse shortcut so I can de-select or change the selection mode of the listbox when Alt is held down and Left button on the mouse is clicked on the selected item. Here is the code that I wrote, which does not work.
Private Sub Form1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Me.MouseDown
If Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Alt AndAlso e.Button =
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I wrote the following lines of code within the even handler for a Process_Exited event. The really weird thing is that on the fifth line I get the error "Process must exit before requested informaiton can be determined. (When trying to access the Exit Time & Exit Code)
Private Sub AssociatedProcess_Exited(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
AssociatedProcess.Exited
Do Until AssociatedProcess.HasExited = True
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So i just wrote this awesome program, but now it doesn't run when I try to! When I press F5, or press the run button, this error happens:
View 6 RepliesI have this program and I want to put either a Quit button or Exit Button to quit the program (besides using the 'x' at the upper right corner)
View 3 RepliesI am making a Tetris program and I have a 2d array 10 by 20 for the grid.I want the Tetris blocks I have created to move down one block every second unless the user presses "a" or "d" (to move left or right) then the block should move left or right whilst moving down.The problem is that I have created a loop for it to delay a bit but then it waits for the user to press a key until it continues the program. So the block will stop moving down and just stay where it is until they press something.I have been told that you can do this in C with something like if keyboardhit or kybd() or something then it will read the key but otherwise it will just skip that bit and loop round. So how can I do this in VB?
View 2 RepliesI added a banning function to my program, to prevent certain people from using it (obviously). It checks for their IP and hostname, and if either match, display an error inside my error form. When that form closes, close the program. In the project properties, it's set to start shut down when the LAST form closes. This is the form closing code.
Private Sub DenyAccess_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
For i As Integer = My.Application.OpenForms.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
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