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Button press configuration in VB.NET

Here is something custom I am trying to do. Please let me know if it is even possible to do this.

When I press a button, it should operate normally.

But, when I press and hold the button for 2 seconds, pop a context menu with an option named "Reset"

Ideas?

GlassCubeMedia

You could use the mouse down event and then run a thread that sleeps for 2 seconds before calling a function. Then in the mouse up have a function that cancels the thread.

I'm not near VS.NET but here is how i think it should work.

Imports System.Threading

Private timerThread As Thread
Private cancelThread As Boolean = False

Private Sub DelayedPopup()
Thread.Sleep(2000)
If cancelThread = False Then
ContextMenu.Show()
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.MouseDown
timerThread = New Thread(New ThreadStart(AddressOf DelayedPopup))
timerThread.Start
cancelThread = False
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_MouseUp(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.MouseUp
timerThead = Nothing
cancelThread = True
End Sub

That should do it. Not sure if it works because right now I'm on linux. But that concept will work

Hope That Helps

Matt

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cjinsocal581

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Second solution worked the way I needed. Thanks for the effort to both.