Last I heard you cannot set the focus to a textfield from outside the application. Once the user has clicked on the Flex/Flash app in the browser, setfocus will work. But not before.
-- David --- In [email protected], "markgoldin_2000" <markgoldin_2...@...> wrote: > > I am trying to implement that control into my application. > When an application starts I want to have a control that is based on > MaskedTextInput seleted. So, in my init I am saying: > badgeid.setFocus(); > badgeid would get its border highlighted but a mouse pointer will not > be inside of MaskedTextInput and to start entering data the user has to > click on badgeid. Is it possible to position mouse pointer into the > MaskedTextInput text input control without licking on it? > > Thanks >

