Why not just set the CharacterCasing property of your TextBox's? You can set it in the Property window or with code:
textBox1.CharacterCasing = CharacterCasing.Upper Thanks, Shawn Wildermuth [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Dan Souk > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] KeyPress > > > I need to ensure that all characters are forced to upper case > for nearly all data entry forms in a VB.NET app. Thought I'd > try to do it via the KeyPress event, but since arguments are > passed by value, not reference, I'm stuck. > > In VB6, the ASCII keycode is passed by ref as an integer, and > it was easy to ensure upper case via the following code: > > Sub KeytoUCase(intKey As Integer) > Dim strChar As String > strChar = Chr(intKey) > intKey = Asc(UCase(strChar)) > End > > VB.NET's event signature is this: > > Private Sub frm_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As > System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyPress > e.Handled = True > 'READ ONLY!! > 'e.KeyChar = basGUIUtils.KeytoUCase(AscW(e.KeyChar)) > End Sub > > Any thoughts on how to do this, without having to touch every > individual control? > > ------------------------ > Dan Souk > Finna Technologies, Inc. > 2410 Lindsay Ct > West Chicago, IL 60185 > +1-630-762-8257 phone > +1-630-762-8258 fax > http://www.finnatech.com > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe > from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
