Keyboard events!!

[DimMeAsNewbie]

Does the code below make any sense? I am trying to have a programme that compares the key pressed by user and a character in a word
(The words are stored in a txt.file and i can connect to the file and read through the words.)


Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyPress
input = ChrW(Val(e.KeyChar))
For i = 0 To l - 1
If input = word(i) Then
ostr(i * 2) = word(i)
found = 1
End If

 

[thekl0wn]

So, you press a key, and then you want to analyze the pressed key, and see if it is in a text file? (e.g. I press "G", and the .txt file contains "NADA", therefore no "G", and nothing happens)

Read the file in as a stream, and store it in a string variable (this should be an instance variable). When the KeyPress event is fired, use a .contains( x, y ) on the instance variable holding the text file.

 

[misterstick]

so this is a predictive text kind of a thing?

store your dictionary of words in a DataTable in a DataSet.

you can then use the DataTable.Select() and the like operator to get a list of the words that match your criteria.


mr s. <

 

[DimMeAsNewbie]

So, you press a key, and then you want to analyze the pressed key, and see if it is in a text file? (e.g. I press "G", and the .txt file contains "NADA", therefore no "G", and nothing happens)"

Yes thekl0wn, this is a hangman game and when a letter is pressed it should show in a label on the form and for instance if "G" is pressed and it's part of random letter "Grade" it should apear in the label as G_ _ _ _ , if wrong apear somewhere on the form.
The code is just an extract from my full code

 

[DimMeAsNewbie]

NB

I can read into the file, lines and letters already. I'm stuck where the pressedkey compares with the letter from the random word.

Thank you

 

[Sorwen]

I would use InStr as that will give you the position as well and you could use that to set it to the correct label.

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