KeyDown Event at the Form Level - Question

[cinders]

Helo Everyone,

I need a little direction. I have an unbound field on a form where the text is formatted as white. I want to have the field switch to black when F10 is pressed. I need that event to happen from anywhere in the form. So I thought I could put the following code on the KeyDown event for the form:

Select Case KeyCode
Case vbKeyF10
RecExpID.ForeColor = 0
End Select

It doesn't appear to work. If I put the same code on the KeyDown event for any of the other fields within the form it works.

I have not worked with form events all that much.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Cindy

 

[ChrisO]

G’day Cindy

Well I just tried it and it worked.

Did you also set Key Preview to Yes?

Regards,
Chris.

 

[cinders]

No I didn't.

How/where do I set the key preview?

What does the Key Preview setting do?

Thanks

Cindy

 

[ChrisO]

It switches the key events on and off for the form.

Go to the form properties and scroll down to almost the bottom and you should find it.

Regards,
Chris.

 

[cinders]

Got it!

Thanks Chris.

I was getting a little frustrated over this one.

Thanks Again

Cindy