why wont vbKeyDelete doesnt work?

[kovan]

when i press backspace, the code fires up
but how come when i press DELETE nothing happens?

Private Sub lstRange_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
If KeyAscii = vbKeyBack Or KeyAscii = vbKeyDelete Then
    MsgBox "hi"
    lstRange.RemoveItem lstRange.ListIndex
End If
End Sub

[sanon]

You need to do this

Private Sub lstRange_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode = vbKeyDelete Then
        MsgBox "hi"
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub lstRange_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    If KeyAscii = vbKeyBack Then
        MsgBox "hi"
    End If
End Sub

[kovan]

isn't vbKeyDelete fired on keypress? seems not to be
do you know why thou?
since vbKeyBack is fired...

thanks for the help anyways
i will test what ya just gave me

[sanon]

Well, actually, you can do this, too.

Private Sub lstRange_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode = vbKeyDelete Or KeyCode = vbKeyBack Then
        MsgBox "hi"
    End If
End Sub

I guess the reason why it doesn't work in the Keypress sub because the VB doesn't count the delete key as an ascii key like alphabets or numeric letters.

KeyAscii can be used as well.

Private Sub lstRange_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
Select Case KeyAscii
    Case 8 Or 46
    MsgBox KeyAscii
End Select
End Sub

Or KeyCode can be used:

Private Sub lstRange_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
Select Case KeyCode
    Case vbKeyBack Or vbKeyDelete
    MsgBox KeyCode
End Select
End Sub

[sanon]

Hi Matthew,

Are you sure that your code in the KeyPress sub work? I tried it and it didn't work as I expected because it is the same thing as Kovan code. Moreover, constant keycode, such as vbKeyDelete or vbKeyReturn, etc., give you an integer value. Therefore, I don't think it will make different between pure numeric type like you did and enum type, such as vbKeyBack.