keypress event does not work for function keys

[Devin]

Can anyone tell me how to use keypress, or some equivalent event, to watch function keys? Yes, the form's keypreview property is true. It works fine for other keys, and help doesn't say that F-keys should work any differently, so I'm very confused. My guess is that F-keys have some kind of special status with the OS. Could it be because my debugger is intercepting the F-keys? I haven't yet tried running from the EXE, instead of via the debugger. By the way, I know about the constants, VBKeyF1, etc..

Thanks much for any help.

Devin

 

[CajunCenturion]

Try using the KeyDown event. Unlike KeyPress, KeyDown will trap the function keys and navigation keys
Good Luck
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