how to activate Hot Keys with vb.net code?

[krasimir]

Hi All,

vb.net , WinForm

I would like to fire ALT+P hot keys with the timer or a button..

any helps?

best regards
Krasimir

[CyberHawke]

Yes, assign the hotkey to the menuitem for printing.

eg. you have a main menu that contains a file menu with a submenu named print, assign the hotkey Alt P to the print submenu.

Revised: AltP is not an assignable shortcut, I don't know why but I'll see what I can find.

[krasimir]

Thank you CyberHawke,

seems to be a dificult task with the timer event.

the timer will be activated on period of time and Alt+P should be activated somehow from Timer1_Tick Event..


best regards
Karsimir

[CyberHawke]

you should just call your print routine directly from the Timer_Tick event.

[krasimir]

the problem is that i do not need Alt+P for printing routine,

i would like to use also Alt+L for other wake up session

somehow should find code to activate keyboard with vb.net

best regards
Krasimir

[brown monkey]

this?

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Me.Text = "The quick brown monkey jumps over the lazy dog."
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        KeyPreview = True
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
        If e.Alt And e.KeyCode = Keys.P Then
            Button1.PerfumeClick()       'Button1.PerformClick()
        End If
    End Sub

please inform me if i'm on the wrong thread. i'll delete this. thanx.

[alextyx]

Dear Kasimir, I'm not sure if this could be a useful suggestion (My english is really weak). If you need to fire a routine in your Tick event, you can set a flag in your button click event and you can run the appropriate routine testing flag in timer Tick event procedure. I've not understood why you can't use Alt+L as a direct shortcut, anyway if you want to use particular combinations (Ctrl+Shift+SpaceBar for example) to perform your shortcut, you can use the Brown Monkey's way, or you can directly set the Flag in place of Button1.PerformClick. Another suggestion....e.handled=true could be a useful idea.
Good job.