cancel a keypress

in VB6 you could cancel a keypress event by setting KeyAscii = 0

is there a way to do this in .NET since the KeyChar property on EventArgs is read only?

This example is for a combobox. You can use the Handled property.

VB Code:

Private Sub cmbAgents_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles cmbAgents.KeyPress
        ' Prevents the user to edit the content of the combobox 
        e.Handled = True
    End Sub