form_keypress event

I have a mini-program to test input from a card swipe. I have code written in the form_keypress event that parses the user's ID and Password from the card and sets them as the caption of the form. Here's the problem:
If I place no controls on the form, it works fine. However, if I place a command button or a text box on the form, (with or without code does not matter) the keypress event never runs.
This does me no good as I need to use this in a normal application with buttons, text boxes etc.
Please help.

thanks, ted

Try setting the form keypreview property to true.

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