Can I get Keyboard data not using Controls?

Is there any way I can detect a keyboard event while a Form is open, WITHOUT
having to use the keyboard event handlers from the Control that has the
Focus?

For Example:

Let's say I have Form that has only one Control, say a Textbox, and this
Textbox is DISABLED so it can't take the Focus and receive keyboard events.
Can I still somehow get the data coming from the keyboard and say, put it in
a String. Of course, if the textbox were enabled and had the focus, I would
want the data to ALSO go in the Textbox as it normally would.

Thanks for any thoughts.

hi, Ken !

> Is there any way I can detect a keyboard event while a Form is open
> WITHOUT having to use the keyboard event handlers from the Control that has the Focus?
> Let's say I have Form that has only one Control, say a Textbox, and this Textbox is DISABLED
> so it can't take the Focus and receive keyboard events.
> Can I still somehow get the data coming from the keyboard and say put it in a String.
> Of course, if the textbox were enabled and had the focus
> I would want the data to ALSO go in the Textbox as it normally would...

you can get keyboard events from the form itself [assuming only one textbox control AND disabled]...
just play with other events rather double-clicking the form...
=== in the form code module ===
Dim CharsFromForm As String
Private Sub UserForm_DblClick(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
TextBox1 = CharsFromForm
CharsFromForm = ""
End Sub
Private Sub UserForm_KeyPress(ByVal KeyAscii As MSForms.ReturnInteger)
CharsFromForm = CharsFromForm & Chr(KeyAscii)
End Sub

hth,
hector.

Thanks Hector. I appreciate your time spent.

"Héctor Miguel" <NOhemiordiSPAM@PLShotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eCcOoZk%23FHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> hi, Ken !
>
>> Is there any way I can detect a keyboard event while a Form is open
>> WITHOUT having to use the keyboard event handlers from the Control that
>> has the Focus?
>> Let's say I have Form that has only one Control, say a Textbox, and this
>> Textbox is DISABLED
>> so it can't take the Focus and receive keyboard events.
>> Can I still somehow get the data coming from the keyboard and say put it
>> in a String.
>> Of course, if the textbox were enabled and had the focus
>> I would want the data to ALSO go in the Textbox as it normally would...
>
> you can get keyboard events from the form itself [assuming only one
> textbox control AND disabled]...
> just play with other events rather double-clicking the form...
> === in the form code module ===
> Dim CharsFromForm As String
> Private Sub UserForm_DblClick(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
> TextBox1 = CharsFromForm
> CharsFromForm = ""
> End Sub
> Private Sub UserForm_KeyPress(ByVal KeyAscii As MSForms.ReturnInteger)
> CharsFromForm = CharsFromForm & Chr(KeyAscii)
> End Sub
>
> hth,
> hector.
>

hi, Ken !

> ... I appreciate your time spent.

hope that helped you, and i appreciate your feed-back.

regards,
hector.