keydown event, not working.

I'm trying to move this button in the x axis.. I used the following code.

Code:

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private: System::Void Form1_KeyDown(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::KeyEventArgs^  e) {
                                  if( e->KeyCode==Keys::Up)
                                {
                                        ++x;
                                        label1->Text="up ";
                                        button1->Location = Point(x, y);
                                       
                                }

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But nothing happens... But when i try the same thing after putting a textbox, it works. Heres the code.

Code:

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private: System::Void textBox1_KeyDown(System::Object^  sender, System::Windows::Forms::KeyEventArgs^  e) {
                                if( e->KeyCode==Keys::Up)
                                {
                                        ++x;
                                        label1->Text="up ";
                                        button1->Location = Point(x, y);
                                       
                                }

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Any ideas?

Looks like the focused control (the button, most probably) consumes the keystrokes before the form gets notice of them. Try setting the form's KeyPreview property to true.

Thanks . will check it out. :)