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Form::ProcessCmdKey Method

Processes a command key.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

[SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag::UnmanagedCode)]
protected:
virtual bool ProcessCmdKey(
	Message% msg, 
	Keys keyData
) override

Parameters

msg
Type: System.Windows.Forms::Message%

A Message, passed by reference, that represents the Win32 message to process.

keyData
Type: System.Windows.Forms::Keys

One of the Keys values that represents the key to process.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if the keystroke was processed and consumed by the control; otherwise, false to allow further processing.

The ProcessCmdKey method overrides the base

ContainerControl::ProcessCmdKey implementation to provide additional handling of main menu command keys and MDI accelerators.

For information about trapping keystrokes, see "HOW TO: Trap Keystrokes in .NET Controls by Using Visual C# .NET" and "HOW TO: Trap Keystrokes in .NET Controls by Using Visual Basic .NET" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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