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That works. Just a complement, also do the same thing on your parent form.
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That works. Just a complement, also do the same thing on your parent form.

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just as an aside if, i want other key presses to be picked up by the child form, will that still be allowed
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just as an aside if, i want other key presses to be picked up by the child form, will that still be allowed

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Yes.<br />
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The code only does anything at all if it is the Escape key which is pressed<br />
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Roger<br />

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Yes.

The code only does anything at all if it is the Escape key which is pressed

Roger


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Hi there<br />
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I have an MDI parent form i want to capture key strokes for<br />
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basically if they press ESC i want the prent to run the code and not on any of the child forms that my be open<br />
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fundementally i want the user to be able to press escape and close the parent down<br />
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is this possible<br />
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cheers
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Hi there

I have an MDI parent form i want to capture key strokes for

basically if they press ESC i want the prent to run the code and not on any of the child forms that my be open

fundementally i want the user to be able to press escape and close the parent down

is this possible

cheers

Key strokes on MDI parent forms

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