Accessing a Tab with a HotKey

[SCFM]

I have a Form with a 3 pages Tab Control. I'm trying to SetFocus in page x with a Hot Key using VB.

To do that I needed to:
1. Create an Event (I choose On Key Down):
2. Write the code

Both are not working. I mean I tried the following code for the event but It doesn't work:



Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
MsgBox "Key Down"
End Sub

I am thinking to use the following code for the page focusing.

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
If KeyCode = vbKeyF8 Then
Me!TabCtl1.Pages(3).SetFocus
End Sub

Thank you.

[ajetrumpet]

i wonder if you could either use:

1) the hotkey code on a property sheet

2) focusing on the tabs you want based on the key you pressed.



1) to do this, I have put something like "&Hide" in the caption property of a cmd button. hence, the shortcut key for pushing the button is Ctrl+H. not sure if you can do that with tabs too, but you could try some focus code behind a button with a caption like "&1" or "&one"

2) i think key press events are only limited to special keys, like tab, enter, etc... I am not sure if you can apply tis event to actual character strokes. I have tested this and I cannot get anything to print when pressing letters. so I think you're stuck with those special keys. if you want to check on the KEYCODE though, I think you'll need an integer. such as:

if keycode = 69 then
   do something
end if 

check out these articles for the integers that are assigned:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/113547

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210401

[SCFM]

i wonder if you could either use:

1) the hotkey code on a property sheet

2) focusing on the tabs you want based on the key you pressed.



1) to do this, I have put something like "&Hide" in the caption property of a cmd button. hence, the shortcut key for pushing the button is Ctrl+H. not sure if you can do that with tabs too, but you could try some focus code behind a button with a caption like "&1" or "&one"

2) i think key press events are only limited to special keys, like tab, enter, etc... I am not sure if you can apply tis event to actual character strokes. I have tested this and I cannot get anything to print when pressing letters. so I think you're stuck with those special keys. if you want to check on the KEYCODE though, I think you'll need an integer. such as:

if keycode = 69 then
   do something
end if 

check out these articles for the integers that are assigned:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/113547

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210401

Thank you for your answer. For now I choose your first recommendation.
I used Page&1, Page&2,... and it's working with ALT+1, Alt+2,...without
any VB code. regards.