I have a loop that says this...
Do
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F4 Then
Exit Sub
Else
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My problem here is that what the loop does is click on another program, thus taking the focus off of mine, how would i be able to make my app see if I press the key even if the form isn't in focus?
I 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 RepliesI was wondering if there was any way to stop a for loop untill i have user input, once the input is correct continue the for loop, is that possible at all
View 3 RepliesIs it any way to loop so a form always is in focus?
View 3 RepliesWhat i have to do is write a program to display multiplication table when a number is put into the textbox and it prints out multiples of 1-12
ex.
user puts in 5, listbox should say
5 x 1 = 5
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I used a combination of If and doWhile loop codes. Is it possible that the loop will stop at 2nd loop if it will perform a 3 loops?I'm creating an app that if the problem is got the match at 2nd out of 3rd loop, the loop will stop.
View 1 RepliesI was wondering how someone could stop a For loop in the middle of it, according to parameters. I have tried but cannot find a solution that works, I suppose an example of this would be if a loop were increasing a label by 1 from 0 to 100 and the user sets it to end at 57 or any number in between and when the loop reached the number to stop.
View 8 RepliesHow would a person stop a try loop once it has started a button click on the same "Form1'? Let's say in this example p = 100. If I wanted to stop it using a button how would I, I have searched Internet and found nothing that is working.
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I have an MDI Form that contains an MDI Child form. On this child form is a flexgrid. When the user double clicks on a row in the flexgrid this loads another MDI Child form. I have set the following properties on the second child form:
FormBorderStyle = FixedDialog
MaximizeBox = False
MinimizeBox = False
StartPosition = CenterScreen
WindowState = Normal
The problem is that if the first MDI child form is in a maximized state and the user double clicks on the flex grid, the second child form loads in a maximized state too! How can I stop this?
I have an MDI Form that contains an MDI Child form. On this child form is a flexgrid. When the user double clicks on a row in the flexgrid this loads another MDI Child form. I have set the following properties on the second child form:
FormBorderStyle = FixedDialog
MaximizeBox = False
MinimizeBox = False
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If my window is hidden or out of focus, how do I detect a keypress? The idea is that it just sits in the tray as an icon until a key combination is pressed and then it pops back up again.
View 2 Repliesi have a for each loop i.e
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if want that the loop stops while the player play a file until finished playback
I 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 RepliesI need to run a do while loop or some way of starting a search directory loop, then if a user presses another key, it will stop that current search, and restart with the next letter entered. I appreciate any help given and insight. I am basically trying an incremental search feature, but currently whenever a user types in one letter, it does a full search, then on next letter it searches again. I want it to stop if they are still typing in letters.
If SearchTextBox.Text <> "" Then
Do Until Form1.OnKeyPress 'NEED HELP HERE
Try
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I have a simple question regarding the KeyPress event. I'm trying to make it to where my TextBox on my form can only accept numbers 0-9, backspace and '.' /without quotes. I've successfully got it to accept numbers 0-9, accept backspace, I'm just wondering - what line do I add so that it can accept periods as well?
Here's my
Private Sub TextBox_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e _
As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles _
TextBox.KeyPress
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I have two forms in an application. One is he background and then I show another keypad form called with the show() method (not showDialog) because I need to perform some validations on btn click.
The kepad has 10 buttons and an Enter Button. The problem is that the form keeps loosing focus (I checked this with a messagebox which keeps poping up once for focus=true and again for focus=false, it continuously keeps losing and gaining focus) so it does not process any keypress events untill i click somewhere on the form. I tried using me.focus() in form load event but to no avail. The forms TopMost property is also set to true.
i am working on a System. But everytime i show another Form, or Focus Something Else, One Particular Form gains Focus on it's own right after. Does anyone know how i can Fix this?
View 6 Repliesform1 (startup) has buttons which show form2 and form3. when I press the button to show from2, form3 or form4 and set focus to a txtbox in form2, it does that, but after 2 to 5 seconds focus jumps back to form1 without my doing anything. This happens only on starting the program - if I click on form2 where I want to be, everything does OK from then on, but I don't want the user to have to do that. There is no timer on any of the forms. forms 1, 2, and 3 stay visible at the same time per design, but the focus always reverts to form1. I have tried many combinations of showing form2 and form3 (and form4), but with no change. I have also changed properties of the forms which I think may have something to do with the problem - no luck.I can't find anything in the help file which addresses "form focus changing". [code]
View 1 RepliesHere is my
Clipboard.Clear()
Activate()
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I have my form set up to be able to be kept on top if the user so chooses. When it is set to be kept on top, I want the opacity to be reduced when the form loses focus. When I set opacity on init, it works fine. When I use this code, it doesn't work:
Private Sub Form1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.LostFocus
Me.Opacity = 0.2
End Sub
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Maybe I misunderstand how LostFocus and GotFocus work, but according to MSDN this appeared to be what I wanted.
I have this rather annoying problem when printing in VB.NET. I use the PrintDocument object and after it has done its job, the form gets minimized to the taskbar. I tried to force the focus on the form but to no avail. I was just wondering if someone else has encountered this problem and maybe has a solution for it?
View 6 RepliesBasically ive a picturebox which ive coded to move around the form, however I can move it off/under the form if i want to if i move it that far. I want it to stop on the edge of the four sides of the form if i move it that far. Basically I want to make sure that when moving the picturebox around, it never goes off the form and stops on the edge of the form if i move it that far.
I'm guessing it's to do with the position command but i cannot quite work it out.
Q1: How can i make it so that my window that i want to show as a drop down does not appear to take the focus off the main form that is calling it?
Q2: The form that is dropping down has the FormBorderStyle Property set to None - thus the window does not have a drop down shadow - how can I make the popup window have a shadow?
After I did a sendkeys to another program from my form, i wanted to return focus to the form. i tried me.focus = true but that doesn't work.
View 1 RepliesI Can't Publish any form in visual basic 2008 express & i get the following error
"Default Certificate Could Not Be Created . Publish Stopping"
I also tried to install Windows Debugging tools & SDK But It dont works?
I know the title of this thread is a show stopper for a lot of us . But what I want to do is stop two services from running for a period of time then restart them. I know I can do this from the command prompt by using net stop servicename then restart with net start servicename. I need these two services stopped to do some work on the database. I do this manually right now and want to automate the process. I tried process.start with the command net stop but that did not work out. If I try the Process List I get the process running but not the services.
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Ive read through tons of forums, but my Backgroundworker1.CancelAsync still isn't working.I have Form1 that shows Form3(see code).when btn_submit is clicked on Form3 it runs the backgroundworker, copies a file from one place to another, and shows the progress in the progressbar.Form3 contains: lbl_message, btn_submit, btn_cancel, ProgressBar1, BackgroundWorker1 (with Workersupportcancelation = true.)When i click on the btn_cancel the copy continues, so i assume the backgroundworker has not stopped.[code]
View 2 RepliesI want it to be able to click another time every time I click, but it wont wont. When I click, it will just keep sending clicks and not stopping until I close the program
If GetAsyncKeyState(1) Then
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, 0, 0, 0, 0)
mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, 0, 0, 0, 0)
End If
I want to give the user 3 chances at logging in and then if after the third chance to close the program. i have some code done so far
Private Sub btnLogin_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLogin.Click
'Stores MainForm in memory as New Form
Dim MainForm As New frmCustomerDetails
Dim strUsername As String = "User"
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i 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
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e.KeyCode is giving me an error.