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Handle keydowns on a form with tab pages....

Friends,

I have a form with 2 TabPages and I want to be able to press the F keys. However, when I try and push F9 for example, the Handles MyBase.KeyDown is never reached.

What's going on?

Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,
Eric

Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
        'When the function keys are pressed, FuncKeysModule is called.
 
        If e.KeyValue = Keys.F1 Or Keys.F2 Or Keys.F3 Or Keys.F4 Or Keys.F5 Or Keys.F6 Or Keys.F7 Or Keys.F8 Or Keys.F9 Or Keys.F10 Or Keys.F11 Or Keys.F12 Then
            FuncKeysModule(e.KeyValue)
            e.Handled = True
        End If
    End Sub

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Hawkvalley1

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Jorge Paulino

You need to repeate the e.KeyValue for all the conditions:
If e.KeyValue = Keys.F1 Or e.KeyValue = Keys.F2 Or e.KeyValue = Keys.F3 Or ...
Or use a Select Case statement:

    Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
        'When the function keys are pressed, FuncKeysModule is called.
 
        Select Case e.KeyValue
            Case Keys.F1 To Keys.F12
                FuncKeysModule(e.KeyValue)
                e.Handled = True
        End Select
 
    End Sub

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indy500fan

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Hawkvalley1,

Yep that worked!

JPaulino, I agree, and I have that part worked out, but the control went to the tabpages first and not the form, so I could never even test the conditions; which is the root of my question.

Thanks,
Eric

indy500fan

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Exactly what I needed.