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Q140882: HOWTO: Disable the ENTER Key BEEP in a VB Text Box

Article: Q140882
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbDSupport
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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In a Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows text box, the ENTER key causes a warning
beep to sound only if the MultiLine property is set to False (the default) and
the Warning Beep option is selected in the Sound dialog box of the Windows
Control panel.

To disable the beep, in the KeyPress event procedure for the text box, set the
value of KeyAscii (which is a parameter passed to KeyPress) equal to zero (0)
when the user presses the ENTER key.

MORE INFORMATION
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Specifically, use an IF statement to trap the ENTER key and the set KeyAscii to
zero (0). Setting the value to zero before the event procedure ends prevents
Windows from detecting that the ENTER key was pressed and prevents the warning
beep. This behavior is by design and is due to the fact that a non-multiline
text box is a Windows default class of edit box.

Example
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The following code will prevent the beep:

     ' (Set Multiline property to False).

     Private Sub Text1_KeyPress (KeyAscii as Integer)
        If KeyAscii=13 Then
           KeyAscii=0
        End If
     End Sub

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbVB500Search kbVBA600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbVB16bitSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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