Can't trigger Keydown event

[Gustaf]

I got a form with a MultiPage control, and haven't been able to find a way to change tabs without using the mouse. I'd like to use some key combination, perhaps Ctrl + vbKeyLeft or vbKeyRight. Ideally the key command should work no matter what control has focus. How does all that sound in terms of usability and best practices?

The immediate problem now is that the code I wrote won't trigger switching the tabs. There are 2 tabs:

' Allow shifting tabs with arrow keys
Private Sub MultiPage1_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, _
ByVal Shift As Integer)

If Shift = 2 And KeyCode = vbKeyLeft Then
If MultiPage1.Value = 1 Then
Exit Sub
Else
MultiPage1.Value = 0
End If
End If

If Shift = 2 And KeyCode = vbKeyRight Then
If MultiPage1.Value = 0 Then
Exit Sub
Else
MultiPage1.Value = 1
End If
End If

End Sub

Hope someone can spot the error here.

Gustaf

 

[RB Smissaert]

This will work better

Private Sub MultiPage1_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, _
ByVal Shift As Integer)

If Shift = 2 And KeyCode = vbKeyLeft Then
If MultiPage1.Value = 0 Then
Exit Sub
Else
MultiPage1.Value = 0
End If
End If

If Shift = 2 And KeyCode = vbKeyRight Then
If MultiPage1.Value = 1 Then
Exit Sub
Else
MultiPage1.Value = 1
End If
End If

End Sub


RBS

 

[Gustaf]

Thank you, it works, but only if I put the event on the textbox that gets focus when the form loads rather than the multipage. It seems there's no way to give focus to the multipage or form itself. Is there a way to attach the event to all controls on the form, without actually writing separate events for each control?

Gustaf

 

[RB Smissaert]

Is there a way to attach the event to all controls on the form, without

actually writing separate
events for each control?

Yes, you can do that with class modules.
I think there is a good example of this on Chip Pearson's site:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/MainPage.aspx
but if not come back and somebody will explain.

RBS