Trying to get theKeyPressEventHandler to work

[Salte2]

I've created this form, and when the form is visible and some certain keys are pressed, I want certain things to happend. But (so far) they dont...

In the constructor of the form i have this line of code:

this.KeyPress += new KeyPressEventHandler(KnappTrykket);

and i have this function relating

private void KnappTrykket(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
	if(e.KeyChar == 'k')
	{	//execute some function	}
//some more if/else statements and

	else
	{	//execute some other function}

	e.Handled = true;

}

this would lead med to believe no matter what key is struck something will happend, but nothing happens (in ohter words the 'KnappTrykket'-function is never called. What am i missing here?

 

[Kalisto]

Have you put a break line / debug point (f9) at the start of the private function to see if the event handler is working?

Im no C# expert, but your event handler has a single parameter in the declaration, and in the funciton body you are specifying 2 parameters. I assume it is legal, else your code wouldnt compile?

And one last thing, I thought event handlers werent in the constructor, but in their own section of the class. (Again, I am probably showing my ignorance, so apologies)

K

 

[sbdSolna]

If you are working with Windows, you've to set Keypress = True in Form properties

 

[sbdSolna]

I'm sorry Keypreview = True

 

[Salte2]

Thanks a bunch sbdSolna, that did the trick!