Can't clear textbox

[jonnytabpni]

Hi Folks,

I have a textbox which looks out for keypresses when it is in focus.
For example, when the ";" key is pressed, a few functions are called. THe problem is, is that in the KeyPress function for the textbox, i have textbox1.Text = ""; to clear it however it doesn't work.

It's as if the text box executes the KeyPress function (hence my clear statement) prior to actually outputting the ";" in the box.

So in the end, ";" gets displayed (However if I keep pressing ";", I only ever see one)

Any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks

[JerryShaw]

Simple... Just set e.Handled to true
When e.Handled is set to true, then the keypress event stops there, otherwise it is passed up the chain to the TextBox.
// Jerry

[jonnytabpni]

Thanks! worked brill!