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How to read arrow keys in keyboard -

Hi, How can I capture arrow key press in keyboard?
I can't use the key_press event to capture it?

 

4 arrow keys -
i haf a problem....i am using the 4 arrow keys in the keyboard to invoke command buttons on the interface...the problem is when i click any of the arrow key, the corresponding button doesnt actually being invoked...bcuz the cursor moves on to the next nearest button and selects it....

Preventing Arrow Keys changing Option Button Selection -
In my application, I have a toolbar at the top, and a PictureBox taking up the rest of the screen. The toolbar contains an array of OptionButtons, Style=Graphical. The PictureBox displays a map. I want the user to be able to navigate the map using the arrow keys, so I set up a

How to read arrow keys in keyboard -
Hi, How can I capture arrow key press in keyboard? I can't use the key_press event to capture it?

Disable Keyboard Keys! -
In a web browser project (which is nothing but IE), pressing the BackSpace key or the Alt+Left Arrow keys on the keyboard takes users to the previous page. Similalrly, pressing the Shift+BackSpace keys or the Alt+Right Arrow keys on the keyboard takes users to the next page. What I

How to configure Keyboard arrow keys -
I have a ListBox in my program. I want to to let user navigate through the ListBox's items by pressing the keyboard arrow up down keys. Pressing the arrow up will make the highlight move upwards. and pressing the arrow down will make the highlight move downwards. (I guess you kn

Controling the mouse with arrow keys -
Hey guys and gals, In the lab I program control systems for there is a lot of EMF interference and i guess the lenght of the mouse cord is perfect as an antenea (if I could spell). So when everything is on they have to unplug the mouse or the computer

control's keydown event -
I have a control placed on a form that needs to respond to a keydown event. The forms KeyPreview property is set to False. When the control has focus, I can raise other events such as the mouseclick and mousewheel, however, there is a problem with the keydown event. I need to reson

Clicking command buttons via keyboard keys -
Hi, i need to know how to do this....Consider we have 4 command buttons, each representing up,down,left and right arrow key in the keyboard..each command button will perform a specific function, how do i write a code such that...when i press the arrow keys on the keyboard, it correspon

Doing something with arrow keys -
I need the ascii values of the arrow keys on the keyboard. I want to use the keypress event with Form1. I have several charts but none show the value. Plz Help.

Stop arrow keys changing OptionButton selection -
In my application, I have a toolbar at the top, and a PictureBox taking up the rest of the screen. The toolbar contains an array of OptionButtons, Style=Graphical. The PictureBox displays a map. I want the user to be able to navigate the map using the arrow keys, so I set up a

How do you play a shooting game -
In some shooting games, you need to user, both, arrow keys and mouse in order to play successfully. You move camera screen around using the mouse, and make the person walk using the arrow keys or some other keyboard keys. To use the mouse while you are moving the character, do you us

Trapping Arrow Keys -
Hi All, It appears that in VB.Net Microsoft (In their infinite wisdom) has decided to make arrow keys act like the TAB key. In my application I need to know when the arrow keys are pressed when one of my UserControls has focus. Unfortunately, The arrow keys don't even raise the KeyD

Using Arrow Keys in VBA... -
Hi, I am using VBA and am trying to get the arrow keys on the keyboard to activate some code. When I press the left arrow key, I want a label (which is already on my form) to display "Left". When the right key is pressed, "Right" and so on. I am using the

Recognize Keyboard keys... -
Hi, I'm creating a basic game where a ball in moves in the direction of the arrow keys you press on the keyboard. However I can't figure out the code to move the image (image1) which is the ball at the pressing of the arrows keys. If anyone could help me out that would be great...

moving with keys -
ok i did some wokin and iv come alon quite nicely ((right...)) anyhoo im making a new game and i have some questions. i have an image in a picture box, and i would like for it to do the following: when i press the up arrow on the keyboard the img would go up until it reaches the

how do I emulate arrow keys -
hi, I want to make a program that emulates the arrow keys, I want to be able to run this program (the one I'm making) and have the another program that is being run, effected by the key pressing. I know I can do normal key presses using sendkeys.send() but I am not able to use

Using the arrows on the keyboard to move an object on the form -
Hey, im doing a project for school, and i was just wonderin if someone could just give me a tip or something on how to use the arrow keys to move a picture box. Right now i have it so that they can either click the Up, down, right, or left cmd buttons (but thats a pain in the butt for

Simulating Keypresses -
Heres my problem: I am trying to simulate the 'regular arrow keypresses' using the 'sendinput' api to an external application (i dont have the source code), from my piano. This application toggles between parts when using the regular arrow keys on the keyboard, and does forward

Simiulate driving with arrow keys. -
I made a car with a camara on top with a arial. You can give give 4 input signals to it and it drives according to those inputs. I want to pass 4 current charges through a port (printer port) Do you know how to pass 4 current charges from 4 different locations of the port when the

Arrow Keys shall NOT change FOCUS -
Hi, I have a problem concerning the use of the arrow keys. I need them to be used solely as an input source and not a possible way to move the focus on the FORM. Normaly the arrow keys have an effect on the FOCUS (i.e. the highlighted control will be changed if an arrow key is pres

I need help with using the arrow keys -
I am making a tetris game for my VB class in school and I wanted to use the right and left arrow keys to move the pieces, the down arrow key to drop the piece faster and the up arrow key to rotate the piece. I have 200 command buttons on the form which I use the backcolor to animate th

Northgate Keyboard -
There has never been a keyboard as good as the Northgate OmniKey/Ultra. Mine is starting to get old, and I am worried. Northgate is no longer in business, and a Web search turned up nothing. Does anybody happen to have a functional Northgate OmniKey/Ultra they would like to sell?

Keyboards with "Extra" Keys -
I have a keyboard with 18 additional keys above the function keys. I would like to reprogram these keys to correspond to links and applications which I desire as opposed to the unchangeable, preset ones which are hard coded into the keyboard software. The problem is that I cannot get

Simulate Keys -
hi I want to simualte the press of these Keys: Left (Arrow) Right (Arrow) Up (Arrow) Down (Arrow) Enter I know I can use sendkeys.send() to send normal keys, but how to I simulate the press of these keys? Thanks

set focus to a menu -
anyone know how to set focus to a menu? i'm making an app with a system tray menu. it works fine, except you can't control it using the arrow keys of the keyboard unless you right click it first (set focus to it). i've set the parent form as the active window. without that, you can't s

Preventing Keyboard Navigation -
I'm creating an app that has a built in web browser. The problem I'm having is that pressing one of the arrow keys makes focus jump to buttons I have above. This is a big problem considering the user will be viewing interactive flash applications (for example, flash games). I nee

using arrow keys on keyboard -
Hi using arrow keys how can I make my image or an object MOVE DOWNWARD THEN LEFTWARD... *********** MY second question is that " pressing a button let my image or object MOVE RIGHT for 3 or 5 seconds and then let it MOVE DOWNWARD...( ÝN JAVASCRÝPT))

need help with the keyboard api -
I want to make a program that presses the below keys one after another perhaps adding a time to delay each event by a few seconds ========================== rigt click mouse code : VK_RBUTTON &H2 The right mouse button Arrow Down keyboard code : VK_DOWN &H28 Down A

My lame keyboard -
For some strange reason my keyboard isn't working properly. Whenever I use a left arrow, \ comes up instead. No shortcuts work and none of the Delete, Insert etc keys work either. I can't use num, caps or scroll lock too. Can anyone help me?

UP & Down arrow keys VB -
i'm using Private Sub cboPartNumber_Validate(Cancel As Boolean) so that when i press the TAB key my selection changes. However when i use my up & down arrow my selection doesnt change. What command do i need to use to allow the up & down arrow keys to act in the sa

Catch keys -
hi, Are there any way to catch key presses by user? keys like arrow down, arrow up, left arrow, etc? I am newbie in VBasic, but I can do this ez in any languaje, and it's very usefully to control forms behaivor, and containers like grids, listbox, etc thanks

keystroke question -
Hi guys, i am coding an application for touchscreen units and have make a keyboard for onscreen data entry. Trouble is i can't figure out how to tell which keys are pressed on the keyboard. I use a temp variable to store keys pressed on my screen keyboard but i also need to add strokes

override arrow keys -
In silverlight I have a textbox,listbox and rect object on screen . I move the rect with arrow keys but the textbox always gains focus and interferes with key movement movement. the arrow keys dont work properly because they already have default values. How do i override arrow ke

two simultaneous keys -
hey guys i m needing to press two keys from the keyboard simultaneously! i m using the arrows and the keydow press! using the select case also so what should i add to this code to be able to press the left arrow and the up arrow simultaneously for example... select case keycode

How to detect arrow keys in vb.net -
Hi, How do we detect arrow keys(up,down,left,right) in a vb.net application? Also, what are the code values for these keys? The application consists of a form that has an image control on it. When the user presses the right or left arrow keys, the image is supposed to move to t

Keyboard Keycodes -
I want to setup a program that recognizes when a certain key is pressed, then have it changed and sent to a text box. I have seen and example on this site but it only has the keycodes for the up, down, left, and right arrow keys. Is there a place I can go to see the keycodes for all th

worksheet_Change. Test for arrow key or mouse click -
Hi, With the worksheet_Change procedure... is it possible to determine if a cell was selected using the arrow keys on the keyboard or the mouse? ie I only want it to run the macro if it was clicked with the mouse...?

API edit control losing focus on arrow keys -
This thing keeps me in "what the..." category: whenever I push an arrow key in an edit control that I have created using API, the focus moves to any other control that is available. However, none of the tutorials, guides etc. have a mention about this feature. What causes thi

Arrow keys on the keyboard -
I am using the MSFlexgrid and I am trying to capture the Keycode when the user hits the arrow keys on the keyboard but I notice that when the keys are used it does not fire the KeyPress or the KeyDown Events and I am not sure how to capture those keys. I also tried the LeaveCell() even

How do you emulate a keyboard key being pressed -
I have some code which hooks the keyboard and can read the keys that are being pressed. How would you get it to emulate a keyboard press from another. For example you press "1" and it in turn it emulates you pressing "2" "3". I have seen something ab