[RESOLVED] Hidden Trick

[Cyber-Drugs]

I'm nearing completion on a product for the company I work at and I want to add a little extra to it...

The app loads up fine, im just adding a reporting feature at the moment, but what I want to add is this:

When the app loads, if the user holds down - Ctrl + Alt + J + N

Those four keys, a popup box will come up saying "Coded by Justin Nel" and possibly loads up an image file which would be embedded into the actual EXE.

How could I do such a thing?

Cheers

[jmcilhinney]

I don't think you'll be able to do it with Ctrl+Alt because you can't detect consecutive KeyDown events for different keys with the Alt key down. This works with Ctrl+Shift. Set the form's KeyPreview property to True and:

Private jDown As Boolean = False 'Whether the J key is depressed.
    Private nDown As Boolean = False 'Whether the N key is depressed.
 
    Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
        If e.KeyCode = Keys.J Then
            Me.jDown = True
        ElseIf e.KeyCode = Keys.N Then
            Me.nDown = True
        End If
 
        If e.Control AndAlso e.Shift AndAlso Me.jDown AndAlso Me.nDown Then
            MessageBox.Show("Coded by Justin Nel")
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_KeyUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyUp
        If e.KeyCode = Keys.J Then
            Me.jDown = False
        ElseIf e.KeyCode = Keys.N Then
            Me.nDown = False
        End If
    End Sub

[Cyber-Drugs]

Perfect!

[wossname]

I did something similar where you clicked the form hit space 3 times and then let go of the mouse.

[Cyber-Drugs]

I did something similar where you clicked the form hit space 3 times and then let go of the mouse.

Sounds interesting, care to share?

[jmcilhinney]

By the way, this type of "hidden goodie" is called an Easter Egg.

[GrimmReaper]

I did something similar where you clicked the form hit space 3 times and then let go of the mouse.

How can I do something like that?