Question : Keyboard input in Dialog box MFC

I don't ask too many questions, but this has been a problem for a while, and as you know M****S*** has inefficient information.

So please be as simple as possible when answering this, i am not looking for terribly comlex, pointers going crazy thing. Just a simple answer.


HERE GOES:

I have a MFC dialog box.

I have a listbox.
member name m_list1;

I have a list of stuff in a multiselect.

I want to delete a selected bunch of things at a touch of delete.

I have tried using the VK_DELETE.

I have inserted a OnKeyDown(3 param)
which I added by the wizard.  AND IT DOESN'T go there when a key on the keyboard is pressed. I have put a message box there just to see if it even gets there but it doesn't.

Can anybody suggest a way to solve this problem.  with key detect working and with the simplest method thinkable?

Thanks in advance.

Answer : Keyboard input in Dialog box MFC

Don't try to trap OnKeyDown(). It will only work if there are no controls. Instead try trapping the PreTranslateMessage - something like this:

BOOL CMyDialog::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
{
      // TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
      if(pMsg->message==WM_KEYUP){
            if(pMsg->wParam==VK_DELETE)
                  MessageBox("RUN");
      }
      return CDialog::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
}

Hope this helps
Thanks
pagladasu