CDialog and Keyboard events

[braveheartkenya]

I have dialog (window/form) that inherits from the CDialog class. This dialog has various controls on it including a few buttons and textboxes. I am trying to get some keyboard events (key presses) to fire some events but its not working. In the Header file for the dialog i have this as a protected declaration [code] afx_msg void OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags); [/code] I have an ON_WM_KEYDOWN() event created and its corresponding method in the .cpp file [code] void COpenGLMFCDlg::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags) [/code] Within this method i have written some test code to change the text in a textbox just to see whether the event is fired correctly, but the text is never changed. I also tried changing the dialog's name and also firing some Message Boxes ... but nothing worked. The code in the "OnKeyDown" method is as follows: [code] void COpenGLMFCDlg::OnKeyDown(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags){ switch(nChar) { case VK_RETURN: SetWindowText("You pressed Enter"); break; case VK_F1: SetWindowText("Help is not available at the moment"); break; case VK_DELETE: //SetWindowText("Can't Delete This"); //AfxMessageBox("Testing"); m_Txt_Test.SetWindowText("The Event was fired"); break; case VK_DIVIDE: //SetWindowText("Testing"); m_Txt_Test.SetWindowText("Another Event fired"); break; default: SetWindowText("Whatever"); } } [/code] Could someone please (pretty please) tell me why this isn't working and whether i have done all that is needed for a keyboard event to fired & a result to be seen on screen. Thanks in advance.

[Hamid Taebi]

Hello braveheartkenya , If you have each control's in the form then WM_KEYDOWN and UP isn't work and All Event's(WM_KEYDOWN and Up) send to controls unless in the form non controls

[braveheartkenya]

So how do i put the focus on the Dialog itself rather than on a control. The focus is currently on a button and i would like to put it on the dialog so that the events will be sent there.

[Hamid Taebi]

I think It's not possible. I suggestion for example: delete all controls in the from(the form is empty) I think now WM_KEYDOWN is work. or if you need to controls in the form you can create controls in the application Example: Like this for each control //////////////in the Header file////////////////////// #define IDC_BUTTON1 1000 .... class CMyCpp: public CDialog { ... ... ... DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP() CButton m_Button; afx_msg void OnBnClickedButton(); }; /////////In the cpp file///////// void CMyCpp::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX) { CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX); DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_BUTTON1, m_Button); } BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMyCppCDialog) ON_BN_CLICKED(IDC_BUTTON1, OnBnClickedButton) END_MESSAGE_MAP() BOOL CMyCpp::OnInitDialog() { m_Button.Create("MyButton",WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE...,CRect(0,0,100,25),this,IDC_BUTTON1); CDialog::OnInitDialog(); } void CMyCpp::OnBnClickedButton() { }

[braveheartkenya]

Thanks for the idea ... i'll try it out