SetFocus

[Trini Gal]

Hello,

I have a form with a combo box and two text boxes. Depending on the
selection the user makes I want the cursor to move to one of the text box.

Action (combo box) Current_CHL (text box) New_CHL (text box)
Add - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > >
Change - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > >
Drop - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > >

I have this code attached to the Action Combo:

Private Sub Action_AfterUpdate()

If Me.Action = "Add" Then
Me.New_CHL.SetFocus
ElseIf Me.Action = "Change" Then
Me.Current_CHL.SetFocus
Me.New_CHL.SetFocus
ElseIf Me.Action = "Drop" Then
Me.Current_CHL.SetFocus
End If

End Sub
The "Add" and "Drop" works, but for some reason, I can't figure out why the
"Change" not working. It got to the New_CHL not the Current_CHL. I have the
tab stops for both New_CHL and Current_CHL set to no.

Can someone help me out, thanks.

 

[Trini Gal]

I am so sorry, for some reason, I kept getting an error that my question
wasn't posted so I kept trying. I just noticed that the posts did in fact go
through and I have multiple posts of the same thing, again, I'm so sorry.

 

[Steve Sanford]

Nothing wrong with the code. It is doing exactly what you are saying to do.

You have said "If the action combo is 'Change', then set the focus to the
Current_CHL (text box), then set the focus to the New_CHL (text box). You
just can't see the focus being set to the Current_CHL (text box) because it
has the focus for only a small fraction of a second.

If you want the focus to stop at the Current_CHL (text box), allow you to
make changes, then move to New_CHL (text box), you will have to change your
code.

Setting the TAB stops to NO only affects which controls will receive the
focus when the TAB BUTTON on the keyboard is pushed (if the control is
Enabled and not Locked).


My personal preference would be to use "Select Case" function instead of the
"IF" function. Easier to read and modify (IMO)..........

'---------------------------------------
Private Sub Action_AfterUpdate()

Select Case Me.Action
Case "Add"
Me.New_CHL.SetFocus

Case "Change"
Me.Current_CHL.SetFocus
Me.New_CHL.SetFocus

Case "Drop"
Me.Current_CHL.SetFocus

Case Else
MsgBox "How did I get here??? Must be an ERROR!!!"
End Select

End Sub
'---------------------------------------

HTH