HardwareButton.HardwareKey Property

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Gets or sets one of the HardwareKeys values to be associated with a HardwareButton on a Pocket PC.

Namespace:  Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms
Assembly:  Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms (in Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property HardwareKey As HardwareKeys
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As HardwareButton
Dim value As HardwareKeys

value = instance.HardwareKey

instance.HardwareKey = value

public HardwareKeys HardwareKey { get; set; }

public:
property HardwareKeys HardwareKey {
    HardwareKeys get ();
    void set (HardwareKeys value);
}

member HardwareKey : HardwareKeys with get, set

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.HardwareKeys
A HardwareKeys value.

Remarks

You must also set the AssociatedControl property to the form or control you want to activate with the hardware button.

Examples

The following code example shows how to associate two hardware buttons to activate the current form. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the HardwareButton class.

Private Sub ConfigHWButton()
   'Set KeyPreview to true so that the form 
   'will receive key events before they 
   'are passed to the control that has focus. 

    Me.KeyPreview = True

      hwb1 = New HardwareButton()
      hwb4 = New HardwareButton()

   'Set the AssociatedControl property
   'to the current form and configure the
   'first and fourth buttons to activate the form.
   Try
      hwb1.AssociatedControl = Me
      hwb4.AssociatedControl = Me
      hwb1.HardwareKey = HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey1
      hwb4.HardwareKey = HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey4
   Catch exc As Exception
      MessageBox.Show(exc.Message + " Check if the hardware button is physically available on this device.")
   End Try
 End Sub

Private Overloads Sub OnKeyUp(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyUp
    ' When a hardware button is pressed and released,
    ' this form receives the KeyUp event. The OnKeyUp
    ' method is used to determine which hardware
    ' button was pressed, because the event data
    ' specifies a member of the HardwareKeys enumeration.
    Select Case CType(e.KeyCode, HardwareKeys)
      Case HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey1
         statusBar1.Text = "Button 1 pressed."

      Case HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey4
         statusBar1.Text = "Button 4 pressed."

      Case Else
   End Select
End Sub

// Configure hardware buttons
// 1 and 4 to activate the current form.
private void HBConfig()
    {
        try 
        {
            hwb1 = new HardwareButton();
            hwb4 = new HardwareButton();
            hwb1.AssociatedControl = this;
            hwb4.AssociatedControl = this;
            hwb1.HardwareKey = HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey1;
            hwb4.HardwareKey = HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey4;
        }
        catch (Exception exc)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(exc.Message + " Check if the hardware button is physically available on this device.");
        }
}

// When a hardware button is pressed and released,
// this form receives the KeyUp event. The OnKeyUp
// method is used to determine which hardware
// button was pressed, because the event data
// specifies a member of the HardwareKeys enumeration.
private void OnKeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    switch ((HardwareKeys)e.KeyCode)
    {
        case HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey1:
            statusBar1.Text = "Button 1 pressed.";
            break;

        case HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey4:
            statusBar1.Text = "Button 4 pressed.";
            break;

        default:
            break;
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

Platforms

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

See Also

Reference

HardwareButton Class

HardwareButton Members

Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms Namespace