Calling a subroutine if user presses Enter in a textbox

[sbushway]

Hi,
I have a page where I'm expecting the user to input data in a textbox and then submit that data.

The problem occurs when the user presses Enter after he inputs his data; he expects the form to be submitted but nothing happens. He has to physically click the submit button in order for the page to be sent.

I saw on another forum where the suggestion was to add this to my Page_Load sub:

txtQuantity.Attributes.Add("onKeyUp", "if(window.event.keyCode==13){document.form1.submit();}")

The button to send the form isn't a submit button - it's just a regular button I added to the design view of my aspx page.

So what I was thinking was that instead of saying "document.form1.submit()", I'd call my btnSubmit_Click subroutine.

I gave it a whirl but nothing happened. My code looked like this:

Dim tempSend as System.Object
Dim tempEvent as System.EventArgs
txtQuantity.Attributes.Add("onKeyUp", "if(window.event.keyCode==13){btnSubmit_Click(tempSend, tempEvent);}")

Can I even call a sub like that?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
Suzanne

 

[RobSchultz]

I (finally) got it to work by using:

Private Sub TextBox1_EnterPressed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.KeyUp
   If e.KeyCode = e.KeyData.Enter Then 
      'do something
   End If
End Sub

The Subroutine name is not important (the event handler is).

HtH,

Rob
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