How to identify Enter Key pressed by user ?

[Atul23]

Hi All, In my project I want to check Whether user press Enter key or not after type a text in text box. In which event I have to check it and how can i check it. Thanks in Advance Atul

[chandu004]

try using the pretranslatemessage handler. but here, you have to implement your own logic. any mmore clarification required, get back.

[Maxwell Chen]

What type is the project?

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Maxwell Chen

[sps itsec46]

This should help: http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/pretransdialog01.asp[^]

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[Hamid Taebi]

Did you use of PreTranslateMessage .

[David Crow]

The use of PreTranslateMessage() *might* work, but most implementations are incorrect. The other downside is that it permanently ties the child control to the parent. A better solution is to derive a class from CEdit. Override the OnGetDlgCode() method and return DLGC_WANTALLKEYS. Then override the OnChar() method like:

void CMyEdit::OnChar( UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags )
{
switch (nChar)
{
case VK_RETURN:
GetParent()->SendMessage(some_custom_msg, GetDlgCtrlID(), (LPARAM) this);
return;
}

CEdit::OnChar( nChar, nRepCnt, nFlags );

}

When the edit control "sees" the Enter key, it posts a message to the parent indicating such. The parent can then respond accordingly, if at all.

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