With vbKey gone... how do you handle keystrokes?

[347Studboy]

I was just wondering... in VB6, there is a way to handle keystrokes, and it used the vbKey constants. How do you do this kind of thing in VB.Net?

[Slow_Learner]

In the keypress event code for a given control, you'll have something like:

            Select Case e.KeyChar
                Case "+", Microsoft.VisualBasic.ChrW(Keys.Enter)
                    'Some logic
                    e.Handled = True
                Case "-"
                    'Some other logic
                    e.Handled = True
            End Select

[347Studboy]

Yay, it worked! Thanks for the help!

One thing though; it didn't work for the main form's KeyPress event... why is that?

[shutty]

Originally posted by 347Studboy

One thing though; it didn't work for the main form's KeyPress event... why is that?

Might be because the keypress was handled by the control with focus rather than the main form itself.