detecting a keystroke?

[Kolyn_Kryw]

so considering i know nothing about programming, could this be done in vbscript?
would it be like pages of typing or is it simple
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[awesomo]

You should be use a onSubmit or onKeyUp or validation function tied to your form input. check out this quick bit below.

http://www.vbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-146017.html

[Mirey86]

Of course guy ,
Seems that you're just a designer and have just worked with web designer softwares .

The first thing you must specify is that which object you want to track it about keystroke ?
Is that your entire page ?
Is that just a textbox ?
is that a button ?
is that an image ?

let me take you the example about image ,which is the same as textbox and button (different from document) :

You've got this tag :

PHP Code:

<img src="http://examplesite/folder/image.png" onkeypress="imgKeyPressed()" /> 


the parameter "onkeypress" specifies the function that handles the event of "keypress".
If you've not studied math , a function is a set of commands that are applied to an input to produce and output . In this case , we've said that if key pressed "over this image" , do the actions speicifed in imgKeyPressed function .
Now let's keep on creating our function , Here's the vbscript code :

PHP Code:

<script language="vbscript" type="text/vbscript">
sub imgKeyPressed()
end sub
</script> 


Now you've got to write your commands between sub .... and end sub .
For example to show user , which key's been pressed :

PHP Code:

<script language="vbscript" type="text/vbscript">
sub imgKeyPressed()
    msgbox chr(event.keyCode)
end sub
</script> 


This is all you need to write , But what if you want to specify the function for your entire document itself ?

PHP Code:

<script language="vbscript" type="text/vbscript">
body.document.onkeypress = imgKeyPressed
sub imgKeyPressed()
end sub
</script> 


notice that at the end of bold line , I've not put the parentheses , In this case you've just got to specifiy the function name , and nothing else !

The final code that you should write is here :

For img, button, input, etc. :

PHP Code:

<img src="..." onkeypress="imgKeyPressed()" />
 
<script language="vbscript" type="text/vbscript">
sub imgKeyPressed()
end sub
</script> 


and for your document (anything that is being shown in explorer window , of course when your keyboard cursor is not in a textbox , or your mouse has not clicked on any object , in this case you've got write the above script for that object) :

PHP Code:

<script language="vbscript" type="text/vbscript">
document.onkeypress = docKeyPress
sub docKeyPressed()
end sub
</script> 


Need further help ? I'm ready !

[awesomo]

Great example/post Mirey86. pos+ rep!