A Question

[markman]

I usually dont title things by "Question" or something of the dort, but no one was looking at this and im sure its common knowledge. The original title was UserControls and AccessKeys.

I have a Label in a usercontrol that has a caption of "&Hello". When I hit alt+H, I want the usercontrol to fire a msgbox. How would I do that?

[markman]

:bump:

[nishantp]

what does it have to do with a label?

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode = vbKeyH And ((Shift And vbAltMask) > 0) Then
        MsgBox "Alt-H was pressed"
    End If
End Sub

[nishantp]

Oops sorry i forgot its for a UserControl...but the code should be exactly the same, just a different sub name. Sorry.

[markman]

But that would only work if it has focus...
Id like this to happen even when another totally different control has focus.

[hellswraith]

Use the AccessKeys property and the AccessKeyPress event of the UserControl.

Put the letter(s) in the AccessKeys property, and put your code int the AccessKeyPress event.

[markman]

Do you have any examples for that? I can't get it to work.

[hellswraith]

The ForwardFocus property of your usercontrol needs to be False, if it is true, it will send the focus away. Also, if you have constituent controls that can receive focus, it receives the focus, otherwise the control will receive focus.

I have no examples, just something that is in my head from those damn MCSD tests. I refered back to the book, and that's what it says.

To assign the access keys, you need to put the letter into the property, not ALT, just the letter.

[markman]

Originally posted by hellswraith
The ForwardFocus property of your usercontrol needs to be False, if it is true, it will send the focus away. Also, if you have constituent controls that can receive focus, it receives the focus, otherwise the control will receive focus.

I have no examples, just something that is in my head from those damn MCSD tests. I refered back to the book, and that's what it says.

To assign the access keys, you need to put the letter into the property, not ALT, just the letter.

What do you mean by constituent? I am trying to get this to work on this code from psc.