You can work around this limitation, in VFP 9 at least, by RETURNing to the control/object that you want to set focus to like so:
<some code that doesn't pass your validation test but you want to let the user go somewhere else> RETURN thisform.myControlToSetfocusTo This is documented in the VFP 9 help "In Visual FoxPro 9.0, the SetFocus method is not supported in the When Event, Valid Event, RangeHigh Event and RangeLow Event events. However, you can include a RETURN Command with an object name (RETURN <ObjectName>) in these events to set the focus to another control. If a RETURN command with an object name is included, the focus is set to the control specified with <ObjectName>." -- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Wirchenko Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Review of My Application <snip> There is another factor. If one has certain events on the execution stack, one can not use SetFocus. That will throw an error 2012 ("Cannot call SetFocus from within a When, Valid, RangeHigh or RangeLow event.") <snip> _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD0442190E5159F@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
