Identifying keys that have been pressed.

The rules of this site do not allow more than one question at a time. As the first two questions are related then hee you go:


'Use the keydown or keyUp events to read the keys that were pressed and to associate them with commands:

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
Select Case KeyCode
    Case vbKeyA 'a was pressed
        'associate with a command - do your stuff
    Case vbKeyF1 'the F1 key was pressed
        'associate with another command - do the other stuff
    case .....
   
End Select
End Sub

S

ps. As per your third question. I suggest your ask it in a separate question, and explaine in more details what data you want to read, from where to to where.

S

OK that sounds like it would work for standard keys but how about non-standard keys like multi media  keys on a keyboard. I've seen it in winamp.

Thanks for the standard key bit :)

Alex

Well, you need to know the combination fo these keys, however, here is an example:

If KeyCode = vbKeyB And (Shift And vbCtrlMask > 0) Then 'either control or shift or alt key were pressed along with the B key.
    'do your stuff
End If

S

ps. To determine if it is a shift the control or the alt key then if (Shift And vbCtrlMask)=1 (shift) 2 (control) 4 (alt).

S

Would there not be a way to capture the keys pressed? I know that the stop button uses Ctrl + S but the Play/Pause button is read in winamp as Play/Pause and not a key combo.