----------------------------------- JSBN Sat May 24, 2003 2:16 pm Getting an ascii character ----------------------------------- Any one know how i'd go about doing a getch type thing in VB (w/o a promp if possible)? [/code] ----------------------------------- Tony Sat May 24, 2003 4:43 pm ----------------------------------- Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer) Print Chr(KeyAscii) End Sub ----------------------------------- JSBN Sat May 24, 2003 5:35 pm ----------------------------------- but that only works when i have it in a program by its self :/ ----------------------------------- Tony Sat May 24, 2003 8:13 pm ----------------------------------- what do you mean? ----------------------------------- JSBN Sun May 25, 2003 1:39 pm ----------------------------------- nothing happens when i put that code in.... it only seems to work when i put it in it's own seperate program. My program has buttons and other things that i think might interfere with your code's functionallity. ----------------------------------- Tony Sun May 25, 2003 1:47 pm ----------------------------------- well since its form_keypress you need to have your form active.. click on some empty space... its also not gonna work if you named your form anything other then form ----------------------------------- JSBN Sun May 25, 2003 1:56 pm ----------------------------------- well i changed it to Form1_KeyPress...... and it still doesn't work :/ ----------------------------------- Tony Sun May 25, 2003 5:11 pm ----------------------------------- post your files, I'll help you edit it to make it work ----------------------------------- JSBN Sun May 25, 2003 5:21 pm ----------------------------------- hmm.... because i am not mod here, i cant attatch. i'll just pm them to u k? ----------------------------------- FDisk87 Fri Dec 05, 2003 4:51 pm ----------------------------------- Make sure the key preview property is set to true on the form designer.