[VB.NET] Making all letters Capital on Keypress

[JadeWolf324]

i am trying to figure out how to do this..

in VB6 it was:

KeyAscii = Asc(UCase$(Chr$(KeyAscii)))

also...how do i make shortcut keys work? so like Ctrl+A = Select all text.

[Steven]

There is a method called ".SelectAll()".

Create a Menu. Call it "Select All". Add a Shortcut Key to it CTRL+A from the properites pane. Code the menu.

Private Sub SelectAllToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SelectAllToolStripMenuItem.Click
        TextBox1.SelectAll()
End Sub

The above code will execute when the "Select All" menu is selected or when the user presses CTRL+A. The outcome of this code will select all the text in the textbox in the picture. :)

Edited July 19, 2004 by xStainDx

[bangbang023 Veteran]

this is the code i use for textbox named txtnote:

   Private Sub txtNote_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles txtNote.KeyDown
        If e.KeyCode = Keys.A AndAlso e.Modifiers = Keys.Control Then
            txtNote.SelectAll()
        End If
    End Sub

[JadeWolf324]

what about if i have multiple fields...how do i make it know which to do it to?

[JadeWolf324]

this is the code i use for textbox named txtnote:

   Private Sub txtNote_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles txtNote.KeyDown
        If e.KeyCode = Keys.A AndAlso e.Modifiers = Keys.Control Then
            txtNote.SelectAll()
        End If
    End Sub

that did nothing... :(

[bangbang023 Veteran]

that did nothing... :(

if you have the textbox active and have replaced txtnote with the name of your textbox, it will select all the text. That's wha tto code does since that's what you asked. I know it works, I use it in NexNote.

[JadeWolf324]

if you have the textbox active and have replaced txtnote with the name of your textbox, it will select all the text. That's wha tto code does since that's what you asked. I know it works, I use it in NexNote.

the reason it didnt work is because ctrl A was being reserved.

it DOES work..except it does a beep() everytime you select all...

[bangbang023 Veteran]

reserved for what? use another shortcut then.

[JadeWolf324]

reserved for what? use another shortcut then.

yes yes..it works now..but now it beeps every time i use it.

[bangbang023 Veteran]

yes yes..it works now..but now it beeps every time i use it.

Well it shouldn't. Use a different combination then.

[DrZoidberg]

For capitalization, look at the "CharacterCasing" property of the WinForms text box control. You can set it from within the Windows Forms designer.

The "ActiveControl" property of the "Form" class will tell you what the active control (if any) is on a form. It's a fairly trivial matter to check whether this is a text box and if so, to select the contents of that text box.