Question : How to hide textbox but keep it useable in VB.NET

Maybe I'm missing something obvious...

I've got a form that waits for keyboard input via a textbox, and when the contents of that box change, it fires off a few functions.  As long as the textbox is visible, it accepts the keyboard input, but if I use either TextBox1.hide () or TextBox1.visible=false, it no longer accepts input.

Is there a way I can hide the textbox while still using it?  I guess I could try hiding it behind an object, but I was hoping for a more elegant way.

Answer : How to hide textbox but keep it useable in VB.NET

OK, well you dont actually need 3 textbox's do you. You could just use one control, or even the forms own keypress event, and just use variables to track whats going on in terms of scores, dart number, player 1 or 2.  A form is a control and therefore responds to keypress events.