I am trying to make a super basic program that involves a picture and sound popping up every time I click F4. I have the background of the program set to green, because I am going to be using it as a green screen for the picture. I don't have much experience with VB, but since I couldn't find a program to do this on the web, I decided to take a swing and try to make it myself. (Failed...) Anyways, this is what I got so far.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
If (Chr(KeyAscii) = "115") Then Form1.Picture = loadpicture("directory")
End Sub
End Class
Note: "Directory" is not what I have in loadpicture().
Try this:
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.KeyPreview = True 'This enable the key event on the form (me).
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_KeyUp(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyUp
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F4 Then Me.BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile("C:\image.jpg")
End Sub
This is the final code that also includes an audio clip that plays when the key is pressed as well!
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.KeyPreview = True 'This enable the key event on the form (me).
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F4 Then Me.BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile("C:\image.jpg")
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F4 Then My.Computer.Audio.Play("C:\audio.wav", AudioPlayMode.Background)
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_KeyUp(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyUp
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F4 Then Me.BackgroundImage = Nothing
End Sub
End Class
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I created a mouse position program that can be used to save your mouse position {X, Y}
I realised that this is not going to be effective unless I implement a method where for example pressing "5" will save that position
The only way i can save the position is by pressing the button, although that does work, there is no way to save the position without clicking the btn.
Can anyone help? I would be very grateful
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
End Sub
Private Sub XYbtn_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles XYbtn.Click
Dim mousep As Point = MousePosition
MouseXY.Text = mousep.ToString()
TimeCo.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub clearBtn_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles clearBtn.Click
LabelX.Text = "X"
LabelY.Text = "Y"
X2.Text = "X2"
Y2.Text = "Y2"
End Sub
Private Sub TimeCo_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TimeCo.Tick
Dim mousep As Point = MousePosition
MouseXY.Text = mousep.ToString()
End Sub
Private Sub saveBtn_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles saveBtn.Click
LabelX.Text = Cursor.Position.X
LabelY.Text = Cursor.Position.Y
End Sub
Private Sub save2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles save2.Click
X2.Text = Cursor.Position.X
Y2.Text = Cursor.Position.Y
End Sub
Private Sub startBtn_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles startBtn.Click
End Sub
End Class
If your form will have focus, you can set the AcceptButton property of the FORM to saveBtn. This will make it so that when you press ENTER on the keyboard while your form has focus then that button will be pressed.
If you'd rather use the key approach then set the KeyPreview property of the Form to True and handle the KeyPress event:
Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(sender As Object, e As KeyPressEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyPress
If e.KeyChar = "5" Then
Console.WriteLine("5")
End If
End Sub
Public Class frmColor
Dim red, green, yellow, blue, orange As New frmChanger
Private Sub BtnRed_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnRed.Click
frmChanger.Show(red)
End Sub
Private Sub BtnGreen_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnGreen.Click
frmChanger.Show(green)
End Sub
Private Sub BtnYellow_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnYellow.Click
frmChanger.Show(yellow)
End Sub
Private Sub BtnBlue_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnBlue.Click
frmChanger.Show(blue)
End Sub
Private Sub BtnOrange_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnOrange.Click
frmChanger.Show(orange)
End Sub
End Class
that is my code on form1....
Public Class frmChanger
Private Sub PnlRed_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles PnlRed.Paint
PnlRed.BackColor = Color.Red
End Sub
Private Sub PnlGreen_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles PnlGreen.Paint
PnlGreen.BackColor = Color.Green
End Sub
Private Sub PnlYellow_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles PnlYellow.Paint
PnlYellow.BackColor = Color.Yellow
End Sub
Private Sub PnlBlue_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles PnlBlue.Paint
PnlBlue.BackColor = Color.Blue
End Sub
Private Sub PnlOrange_Paint(sender As Object, e As PaintEventArgs) Handles PnlOrange.Paint
PnlOrange.BackColor = Color.Orange
End Sub
End Class
and this is my code on form2....
what i need is, when i clicked the btnRed on form1, on form2 only the PnlRed show..
when the BtnGreen is clicked, Pnlgreen on form2..
my problem is both panel colors show when i click only one button.. what should i do? can someone help me please.
Add a Form level variable to frmChanger with its datatype as Color and its scope as Friend (so it can be seen from frmColor). This code is using the default instance of the form. You don't really need a separate form for each color. You only want to have a different color shown. How about a single panel that will have different colors instead of multiple panels.
In the Form1 code (your frmColor)
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Form2.panelColor = Color.Red
Form2.Show()
End Sub
Repeat for the other buttons with = Color.Green etc.
In Form2 (your frmChanger)
Friend panelColor As Color
Private Sub Form2_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Panel1.BackColor = panelColor
End Sub
I know the question has been asked and answered many times, but what if none of the answers work? I'm using Visual Studio 2017 to rewrite a vb6 app that catches the key combination "ctrl+enter" to load a dialogue.
I catch the key combination just fine from a textbox called CourtName, but can't get rid of the annoying "ding" that goes with it.
I have googled for many hours but everywhere the answer is to use e.Handled and/or e.SuppressKeyPress, which I have done without success.
Here is my code:
Private Sub CourtName_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles CourtName.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter AndAlso e.Control Then
e.Handled = True
e.SuppressKeyPress = True
CourtsBtn.PerformClick()
End If
End Sub
The ding still persists, no matter whether the e.Handled and e.SuppressKeyPress statements are before or after the PerformClick() statement.
What magic am I missing?
Try replacing the following code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
TextBox1.Multiline = True
MsgBox("Pressed!")
End Sub
Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyDown
If e.KeyData = Keys.Control + Keys.Enter Then
TextBox1.Multiline = False
Button1.PerformClick()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
TextBox1.Multiline = True
End Sub
I've tested this code on mine, it works perfect!
Enjoy it!
I just tested this code and there was no ding, no matter what modifiers were used or not with Enter:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub TextBox1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
'Suppress Windows audio feedback.
e.Handled = True
e.SuppressKeyPress = True
End If
If e.KeyData = (Keys.Control Or Keys.Enter) Then
Button1.PerformClick()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Console.WriteLine("Button1_Click")
End Sub
End Class
Can you test the same code and see whether it works for you?
So I've been working on this project to autorun on my flash drive, whenever it gets plugged it. It just displays my contact info and a little message, so I can get it returned.
Because I want people to actually read the message, the close button is disabled. You have to check a little box, and then hit the "OK" button.
Of course, I don't want to do this whenever I plug in my own flash drive. I'm trying to make a keyboard shortcut to close it automatically. I saw this post here but it didn't work for me. Here's the code from that post:
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
If e.Alt AndAlso e.KeyCode = Keys.X Then
Application.Exit()
End If
End Sub
Any help is very appreciated. Thanks!
Also, if you think my code is sloppy and want to clean it up, here it is.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
e.Cancel = True
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ButtonOK.Click
End
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
If CheckBox1.Checked = True Then
ButtonOK.Enabled = True
Else
ButtonOK.Enabled = False
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Label1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Label1.Click
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
If e.Alt AndAlso e.KeyCode = Keys.X Then
End
End If
End Sub
End Class
Firstly, NEVER EVER use End. That is just plain bad under any circumstances.
What you should be doing is testing the Checked value of your CheckBox in the FormClosing event handler and cancelling if and only if it's not checked. Logically, you should then check the CheckBox and call Close on the form when you detect that desired key combination.
Actually, I'd probably not call Close either, but rather call PerformClick on the Button. That way, the key combination is guaranteed to do exactly the same thing as clicking the Button.
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ButtonOK.Click
Close()
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
ButtonOK.Enabled = CheckBox1.Checked
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyDown
If e.Alt AndAlso e.KeyCode = Keys.X Then
CheckBox1.Checked = True
ButtonOK.PerformClick()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
e.Cancel = Not CheckBox1.Checked
End Sub
The Following is a combo box keydown event
Private Sub ComboBox1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
TextBox2.Text = ComboBox1.Text
TextBox2.Focus()
End If
End Sub
I would like to trigger same event from combobox_leave by passing 'enter key' I did as follows but not working, how to achieve this?
Private Sub ComboBox1_Leave(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.Leave
ComboBox1_KeyDown(Me, Keys.Enter)
End Sub
Why not just extract the method from the actual event?
Private Sub ComboBox1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.KeyDown
performAction(e.KeyCode);
End Sub
Private Sub performAction(e as Keys)
If e = Keys.Enter Then
TextBox2.Text = ComboBox1.Text
TextBox2.Focus()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ComboBox1_Leave(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.Leave
performAction(Keys.Enter);
End Sub
You could also use the SendKeys.Send Method
When the user leaves the Combobox (like in your example),
You could set back the Focus to the combobox
and then use SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}") to trigger the enter keydown.
much like this:
Private Sub ComboBox1_Leave(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.Leave
ComboBox1.Focus()
SendKeys.Send("{ENTER}")
End Sub
However this prevents users from focusing to another component. To prevent this, you could use an if statement that if the user clicks or focuses on another component after focusing on the combobox, the user can still "leave" the combobox.
Your kind of approach is not advisable and this leads to a misunderstanding in the part of the user.
try this :
Private Sub ComboBox1_KeyDown(sender As Object, e As
keyEventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.KeyDown
Dim _KeyCode As Short
If e Is Nothing Then
_KeyCode = 13
Else
_KeyCode = Keys.Enter
End If
If _KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
TextBox2.Text = ComboBox1.Text
TextBox2.Focus()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ComboBox1_Leave(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Handles ComboBox1.Leave
Dim keypress As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs
ComboBox1_KeyDown(sender, keypress)
End Sub