keycodes

19 Mar 2006 2:16 AM

Brenton Garman

HI. I am writing an app that needs to have the "Insert" key on the keyboard
enabled in a textbox. The textbox has text in it at startup but when the user
clicks to edit the
text, and begins to type, the existing text moves to the right. I noticed
while writing code in the code editor that if I press "Insert" key then a
colored square replaces the cursor allowing me to replace the highlighted
text without the text moving to the right.
That's exactly what I need to do.
If you can and will help me it would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Brenton Garman

19 Mar 2006 12:42 PM

Mike Williams

"Brenton Garman" <BrentonGar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D60B8A19-1F4C-4F04-84D2-ED5E5083891F@microsoft.com...

> . . . The textbox has text in it at startup but when the user
> clicks to edit the text, and begins to type, the existing text
> moves to the right.

Personally I like it that way ;-)

> while writing code in the code editor that if I press "Insert"
> key then a colored square replaces the cursor allowing me
> to replace the highlighted text [as I type]

Yuck! I hate that, and I turn it off immediately if I ever do it by
accident! However, I suppose it is one of the standard ways of doing things,
so here is one way of doing it . . .

Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
If KeyAscii <> 8 Then
Text1.SelLength = 1
End If
End Sub

By the way, it is only the VB editr that automatically highlights the
character that is about to be replaced if you press a key. Other
applications (Microsoft Word, for example)do not d that (nd neither does the
code above). However, if yu really would like a visible indication that you
are in "replace" mode then you can add code to do it for you. One of the
easiest ways is to make the text cursor a bit "fatter" than it normally is,
which isn't too difficult to do.

Mike

19 Mar 2006 6:22 PM

Brenton Garman

First off, I want to thank you for so speedily answering my question,
however, let me rephrase my question: "Upon startup, I need the textbox,
without the user pressing the "Insert" Key, to have the behavior as though
the user did press the "Insert" Key.
This is for a Guitar Tab-Editor....

|- - - - - 7- - - - - -|
|- - - - - - - - - - -|
|- - - - -4^ - - - - - -|
|- - - - - - - - - - -|
|- - - - - - - - - - -|
|- - - - - - - - - - -|

See how the text moves to the right? Now I set the sellength as follows:
Private Sub RichTextBox1_SelectionChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles RichTextBox1.SelectionChanged

Me.RichTextBox1.SelectionLength = 2
End Sub

This only works for most letters and numbers. Like "p" still pushes the text
to the right, wheras "h" won't.
So I need to be able to "Replace" selected text without moving text to right.

Thank you so much for your time.....

Brenton
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"Mike Williams" wrote:

> "Brenton Garman" <BrentonGar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D60B8A19-1F4C-4F04-84D2-ED5E5083891F@microsoft.com...
>
> > . . . The textbox has text in it at startup but when the user
> > clicks to edit the text, and begins to type, the existing text
> > moves to the right.
>
> Personally I like it that way ;-)
>
> > while writing code in the code editor that if I press "Insert"
> > key then a colored square replaces the cursor allowing me
> > to replace the highlighted text [as I type]
>
> Yuck! I hate that, and I turn it off immediately if I ever do it by
> accident! However, I suppose it is one of the standard ways of doing things,
> so here is one way of doing it . . .
>
> Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
> If KeyAscii <> 8 Then
> Text1.SelLength = 1
> End If
> End Sub
>
> By the way, it is only the VB editr that automatically highlights the
> character that is about to be replaced if you press a key. Other
> applications (Microsoft Word, for example)do not d that (nd neither does the
> code above). However, if yu really would like a visible indication that you
> are in "replace" mode then you can add code to do it for you. One of the
> easiest ways is to make the text cursor a bit "fatter" than it normally is,
> which isn't too difficult to do.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>

19 Mar 2006 7:42 PM

Mike Williams

"Brenton Garman" <BrentonGar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C1CA038-DDE5-4CBB-992A-56BDA497A374@microsoft.com...

.. . . hang on a minute! What's all this "SelectionChanged(ByVal sender As
Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs)" stuff? I'm afraid you're on the wrong newsgroup
Brenton. That stuff is dotnet code, whereas this newsgroup is for "Classic
VB" (up to version VB6). I blame that Billy Gate$ fella for putting the word
"Basic" into his new fangled dotnet money spinner in what I personally
consider to be a dishonest attempt to persuade people to buy it who
otherwise might not do so. Not your fault, of course, but you need to post
your question on a dotnet group.

Mike

20 Mar 2006 11:22 AM

R. MacDonald

Hello, Brenton,

Yes, Mike is right. If you want a .Net solution, you should put this in
a .Net newsgroup. Try "microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb".

If you do, I will try to give you an answer there.

(If you really want ideas for VB6 though, repeat/confirm the request here.)

Cheers,
Randy

20 Mar 2006 6:11 PM

Brenton Garman

Ooops, My Bad. Sorry Guys. I'll go post at the place you suggested
Mr.R.Macdonald.
And BTW, if you decide to upgrade from vb6, my experience is that .Net 2003
is much more stable and effective version than 2005.

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"R. MacDonald" wrote:

> Hello, Brenton,
>
> Yes, Mike is right. If you want a .Net solution, you should put this in
> a .Net newsgroup. Try "microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb".
>
> If you do, I will try to give you an answer there.
>
> (If you really want ideas for VB6 though, repeat/confirm the request here.)
>
> Cheers,
> Randy
>