>The real scenario is that we have multiple forms for use in a point-of-sale environment. Almost all the forms have a subclass of a grid and several other controls. All the grids have multiple columns. The textbox within the grid is currently a base textbox. So I imagine I could subclass the textbox and add functionality to the keypress event, then replace the textboxes in the grid, but I am unsure about how to go about doing this. Unfortunately, the same grid classes are used on the maintenance forms (where users are ideally using a full keyboard and mouse)
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>Basically I just think I need to spend some time experimenting with it. I was looking for a quick "why didn't I think of that" kind of fix.

I guess you could try picking up the keypress on the form, using the Keypreview property...