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[hungryhounduk]

Hey

I have 11 pictureboxes and on certain keypresses it puts pictures into the pictureboxes.

If i type HUNGRYHOUND it displays a picture in each picturebox depending on the key pressed.

**My problem is, If i type the same letter twice it does not appear, but leaves the picturebox blank, I know thats because i have already used it, But how do i code it to carry on accepting keys after they have been used?

If that makes sense

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If e.KeyCode = Keys.H Then
            PictureBox1.BackgroundImage = My.Resources.h
            PictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.Zoom
            e.SuppressKeyPress = True

any help will be appreciated and + Reps given :P

Chris

[MrAksel]

Have you tried to comment out the SuppressKeyPress line? I didn't think that it would affect later events but you can try.

[Skillful]

First of all set the form's KeyPreview property to true. You can do this from the property grid or adding the following code under the Form_Load event :

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Form.KeyPreview = True

Then change:

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e.SuppressKeyPress = True

To:

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e.Handled = True

And tell me if it works. Typed all of this from my mom's mobile lol :P

[hungryhounduk]

Hey Skillful
I am afraid that does not work for me

Chris

[hungryhounduk]

Hey MrAksel
I am afraid that does not work for me either

Chris

[Ffenixw0rks]

Maybe you can create booleans to see if key was already pressed?
Then if you need put pictures and change bools...

[Usman55]

Maybe you can create booleans to see if key was already pressed?

I was having the same idea but that would take a lot of useless coding space and also slow down the program slightly. It would look stupid, lol.

[M1z23R]

I think it is better to use .image instead of .backgroundimage property, maybe they are the same, maybe not, idk. And are u using form.keydown or ?

[MrAksel]

What ffenix suggested wouldn't slow down the program, but it wouldn't solve the problem. M1z23r BackgroundImage and Image are two different things, but changing it wont have any visible effects.
I have no solution myself, it's a weird problem. The only thing I can think of is: hungryhound, do you use PictureBoxX.BackgroundImage.Dispose() at any point? If so, remove that line and it should work. Another tip; The SizeMode property only affects the drawing of the selected Image, not the BackgroundImage

[hungryhounduk]

it's a weird problem. The only thing I can think of is: hungryhound, do you use PictureBoxX.BackgroundImage.Dispose() at any point? If so, remove that line and it should work. Another tip; The SizeMode property only affects the drawing of the selected Image, not the BackgroundImage

Hey
No i haven't used PictureBoxX.BackgroundImage.Dispose() in the coding
It's still a Mystery

Chris