OnKeyPress and KeyPress

[mihksoft]

Hy Can anybody tell me what is the difference between KeyPress event and OnKeyPress override? Why we need both? Why don't work in the same time, only one run? thx

[TJoe]

The KeyPress event can be used by the associated class or other classes. For example, a Form can listen for key pressed on a TextBox that it contains. The OnKeyPress method is used to fire the KeyPress event. This can only be used by dervied types. So if you create a custom TextBox (say MyTextBox), then you can override the OnKeyPress to catch key presses, alter when the KeyPress event is fired, fire another event, etc.

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[Martin 0]

Hello, Way 1) OnKeyPress ist the virtual method of a class, which can be overriden from an inherited class. Way 2) For handling the KeyPress event, you do not have to inherit a class. You instanciate a class and handle the delegate.

All the best, Martin