[RESOLVED] Why do I have to manually setup form events?

[dminder]

I am learning c# (finally) and am using VC# 2010 Express. Why do I have to manually declare events for them to trigger?? I have created my own form that I want to use as a Splash screen (see code below).

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace LotusAnalyzer
{
    public partial class frmSplash : Form
    {
        public frmSplash()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(frmSplash_MouseDown);
        }

        private void frmSplash_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        }

        private void frmSplash_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            switch(e.ToString())
            {
                case "enter":
                    this.Close();
                    break;
             }
        }

        private void frmSplash_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
            {
                this.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

I have a breakpoint at both the mousedown and keydown events. When I press a key they key event will not trigger, however if I mousedown it will (after I added the eventhandler part). Is this inherent to c# or the express version of 2010 or what??

Thanks in advance!!

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