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Enter Key working as Tab



Enter Key working as Tab

Public Sub AllowNumbersOnly(KeyAscii As Integer)
   'PROCEDURE TO RESTRICT THE INPUT IN A TEXT BOX TO
   'NUMBERS
   'USED IN THE KEY_PRESS EVENT HANDLER
   'THIS SUB ALSO SETS THE ENTER KEY AS TAB KEY TO
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   Select Case KeyAscii
       Case 13
           KeyAscii = 0
           SendKeys "{tab}"
       Case Asc("A") To Asc("z"), 32 To 47, 58 To 64,
124 To 258 ' invalid charecters so beep

           Dim i As Integer
           For i = vbKey0 To 20
               Beep
           Next i
           KeyAscii = 0
   End Select


   Exit Sub
End Sub

and call it

Private sub text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
 Call AllowNumbersOnly(KeyAscii)
End Sub