VB6 Keybindings

[rkeslar]

Is it possible to change the keybindings in VB6? Right now,

Step Over is Shift + F8
Step Into is F8

I'd like to make them the say as I have in VB.NET where

Step Over is F10
Step Into is F11

Thanks

[RhinoBull]

You can do it in couple of ways:

- create menu and for each menu item assign shortcut and then code each menu's click event to do whatever
- or use code similar to this quick sample

Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Me.KeyPreview = True
End Sub

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    Select Case Shift
        Case vbShiftMask
            Select Case KeyCode
                Case vbKeyF8
                    Debug.Print "SHIFT+F8 key was pressed"
                Case vbKeyF10
                    Debug.Print "SHIFT+F10 key was pressed"
            End Select
        Case vbCtrlMask
            Debug.Print "CTRL key was pressed"
        Case vbAltMask
            Debug.Print "ALT key was pressed"
        Case 0
            Select Case KeyCode
                Case vbKeyF8
                    Debug.Print "F8 key was pressed"
                Case vbKeyF10
                    Debug.Print "F10 key was pressed"
            End Select
    End Select
End Sub

[Spoo]

RB

I read OP's request as to have it apply to the IDE,
ie, when the app is in break-mode (ie, when app's
code is being debugged).

I don't understand how your code remaps

• F10 to be what was formerly Shift+F8
• F11 to be what was formerly F8

What am I missing?

Spoo

[RhinoBull]

Ah, you might be right Spoo...

[Spoo]

RB

Haha.. not that I wanted to be..
I, too, would like to know how to remap those keys

Spoo

[FireXtol]

AutoHotKey can(sort of).

[RhinoBull]

I, too, would like to know how to remap those keys

Why? I think it's beneficial to know (and remember ) different ways of doing basically the same...

[Spoo]

Why? ..

RB

Well, now that you ask ...

There are times that during a debugging endeavor,
I am comparing a current version of the app to the
prior version of the app, and really need to drill down
to find a bug.

I do this on 2 boxes, and thusly am pressing F8 on
each keyboard as I step thru, line by line. I have
a lot of custom functions that I know are ok, so,
really, I need to press Shift+F8 to Step Over...
which, as you might be able to surmise, gets
a little tricky doing with 1 hand on each keyboard.

Hence, I'd like to be able to remap the dual key
Shift+F8 to a single F key, say F12,
or, put another way, enable F12 to do a Step Over

Is it possible to do that?

Spoo

[RhinoBull]

You can [perhaps] keep your thumb (left) on the Shift key while keepping your Index or Middle finger on the other key (F8)...

[Spoo]

AutoHotKey can(sort of).

FX

I checked out their site, and under FAQ found something
on remapping...

1. using their app,
2. w/o their app, but instead, using Registry assignment

The latter would be more to my liking.. I'll ponder this
for a while.

Spoo

[Spoo]

RB

Yeah.. my piano teacher would be proud of me

EDIT:
In actuality, I'd like to do this with one hand only...
my keyboards are one-in-front-of-other, so I'd like
to be able to use

• index finger on F12 of kb-1
• thumb on F12 of kb-2

Spoo

[FireXtol]

I don't think that'll work....

It cannot send keystrokes that are modified by Shift, Control, Alt, or AltGr. For example, it cannot remap a lowercase character to an uppercase one.

Such as Shift+F8.

[Spoo]

FX

Thanks for that.

So, what is your reading of their app's capabilities?
I really only scanned it briefly .. can it deal with
the Shift+F8 combo?

Spoo

[FireXtol]

FX

Thanks for that.

So, what is your reading of their app's capabilities?
I really only scanned it briefly .. can it deal with
the Shift+F8 combo?

Spoo

Indeed. AHK is popularly used for 'botting'(or 'tool assistance') in games due its scripting capabilities. But it can also do every day repetitive tasks with games or your average app. It's adaptable.

It's like an advanced version like JoyToKey... sort of.

[Spoo]

FX

OK.. I'll give it a further look-see.
Thnkx

Spoo