Re: Handling 'Enter' button for EditControl

From:

"Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:33:07 -0700

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<7C106836-D3F0-4A79-B3E5-4420929EA2C2@microsoft.com>

Joe's method works too, and it's simpler (thanks Joe)...

// edit control has multiline and want-return styles!

void CMyEdit::OnChar(UINT nChar, UINT nRepCnt, UINT nFlags)
{
    if (VK_RETURN == nChar)
    {
        // Do something!

        return;
    }

    CEdit::OnChar(nChar, nRepCnt, nFlags);
}

Cheers,
Mark

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Mark Salsbery
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"sleeper" <TheFakeJon@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 10, 10:38 pm, "Mark Salsbery [MVP]"
<MarkSalsbery[MVP]@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

You can derive a class from CEdit and use an object of that class instead
of
a CEdit object.

In the derived class, you can catch the enter key press something like
this:

BOOL CMyEdit::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
{
    if (pMsg->message == WM_KEYDOWN && VK_RETURN == pMsg->wParam)
    {
        return TRUE;
    }
    else if (pMsg->message == WM_KEYUP && VK_RETURN == pMsg->wParam)
    {
        // do something!

        return TRUE;
    }

    return CEdit::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);

}

Mark

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Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

"sleeper" <TheFake...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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Hey guys,

I am using an EditControl box. It is only a single line text box and
I was wondering how I could go about performing some action when the
user hits the Enter key?

I tried playing around with the various possible events, but it seems
that none of the events actually do what I would like them to do :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

Thanks Mark. That is exactly what I needed :)

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