Key press

[Motoxpro]

how do i know what key was pressed

[Motoxpro]

so i have to set the ascii value?

[steve65]

You can also use VBs constants

Sub Form1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
          'KeyAscii is the ascii code of the key pressed
          If KeyAscii = vbCR Then
                KeyAscii = 0 ' prevent ascii 13 from getting In To the program
           End If
End Sub

[Motoxpro]

so sayi wanted it to do something when "I" was press i could put

Sub Form1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
          'KeyAscii is the ascii code of the key pressed
          If KeyAscii = vbI Then
                KeyAscii = 0 ' prevent ascii 13 from getting In To the program
           End If
End Sub

[steve65]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you

Sub Form1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
          'KeyAscii is the ascii code of the key pressed
          If KeyAscii = vbKeyI Then
                KeyAscii = 0 ' prevent ascii 13 from getting In To the program
           End If
End Sub

[Motoxpro]

oo ok...just 1 more thing if i wanted it to do somethin when the key was press could i d like this?

Sub Form1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
          'KeyAscii is the ascii code of the key pressed
          If KeyAscii = vbKeyI Then
                KeyAscii = 0 ' prevent ascii 13 from getting In To the program
'Dothis......and i would put my code right here?
           End If
End Sub

[steve65]

What I do is place my code in a sub and then run that.

Sub Form1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
          'KeyAscii is the ascii code of the key pressed
          If KeyAscii = vbKeyI Then
              RunSub
          End If
End Sub

[Motoxpro]

thanks alot steve

[sql_lall]

Whenever I use KeyPress, there is alsways some picture/ button somewhere that doesn't allow me to use form1_KeyPress.
Is there any way of doing something like
Global_KeyPress?? Where, no matter what object is selected, the keypress still does stuff??
I.e. I made a game, that u used the keyboard to move around in... but i used a frame and picture. So I had to use Form1_KeyPress , BUT when I compiled + used it on another computer, I had to add picture1_Keypress

[magoochris]

I use key down

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode = vbKeyLeft Then 'looks for the left arrow
        img1.Left = img1.Left - 20 'moves img1 20 to the left
    End If
End Sub