Capturing F5 Keypress

[ramzg]

Hi, I am trying to enable the keypress event for 'F5' key to refresh my form... Because I found that the normal KeyPress event does not work for function keys, I tried overriding the PreProcessMessage() function, as follows : public override bool PreProcessMessage(ref Message msg) { try { if (msg.Msg == WM_KEYDOWN) { Keys keyCode = (Keys)msg.WParam & Keys.KeyCode; if (keyCode == Keys.F5) { //code } } return PreProcessMessage(ref msg); } catch (Exception ex) { throw; } } But the control never gets into this method... Can anyone help me fix this? Thanks in advance, ramzg

[S a n d y]

You should change the keypreview property to true of form. if it is set to false.

[ramzg]

Hi S a n d y, I tried what had posted... But still, the control doesnt get inside the method... Do i have to do something else? Thanks, ramzg

[12Code]

You use the wrong syntax!, the correct syntax is

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(
ref Message m,
Keys keyData
)

Try this:

    protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
    {     
        if (keyData == Keys.F5)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("F5 pressed!");
        }          
        return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);
}

Hope this help.

;)*12Code

[ramzg]

Hi 12Code, Thanks a lot for the help... It is working now... :-) Thanks, ramzg