You don't have to handle the keydown event of every control. You just have to do it in the Form's KeyDown event. But, in order for it to work, you have to turn on (True) the Form's KeyPreview property. There is no event for the typing of a string of characters, only one keystroke. Your Form's KeyPress event handler code then has to keep track of the last "x" number of keys that were hit and compare them to the string you want as your "cheat" string. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic