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Message        plunkettphoto          Post subject: SetFocus, Tab Order 
problemPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:04 pm                         
Joined: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:14 pm
Posts: 79                if tfPassword.Text = tfPasswordVerify.Text then
  tfFirstName.SetFocus
else
  MsgBox("Passwords do not match, reenter")
  tfPassword.SetFocus
end


This code is in the LostFocus event of tfPasswordVerify
I have a simple method to test if 2 textfields match in a password test.  
tfPassword is tab order 2, tfPasswordVerify is tab order 3 and tfFirstName is 
tab order 4
when the fields match, everything is fine, no msgbox, and focus goes to 
tfFirstName.
when the fields don't match, I get the msgbox but focus still goes to 
tfFirstName instead of going back to tfPassword

What am I doing wrong.

thanks 
bill   
                             Top                timhare          Post subject: 
Re: SetFocus, Tab Order problemPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:28 pm                
         
Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm
Posts: 12237
Location: Portland, OR  USA                LostFocus is the wrong place to try 
to set focus.  It gets called before the next field actually gets focus, so 
what's happening is

tfPasswordVerify LostFocus
tfPassword.SetFocus
tfPassword gets focus
tfPassword loses focus because...
tfFirstName is given focus by the system

As nice as it would be if you could direct traffic from LostFocus, it just 
doesn't work.  Try trapping the tab key in the KeyDown event of each textfield 
and SetFocus there, before the system initiates focus going to the next 
control.   
                             Top                jetpr          Post subject: 
Re: SetFocus, Tab Order problemPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:29 pm                
                 
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