Re: [DUG] RE Data validation.
Try Application.ActiveForm.ActiveControl Cheers, Colin On 6 June 2011 13:12, Marshland Engineering marshl...@marshland.co.nzwrote: After a bit of experimenting, it seems that the OnValidate is triggered once you leave the dbEdit box and it is before the Post is committed. This means that you get a message directly after the box you have just entered the data into. This words great for data validation across many forms, but, it tells you the error, however it does not does not return you the box you have just left. Is there a way to put the cursor back to the dbEdit box if an error is encountered ? Along a similar line, is there a way to find where the cursor is within a string in and edit box ? Thanks Wallace ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
Re: [DUG] RE Data validation.
You could post a shift-tab message? From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Marshland Engineering Sent: Monday, 6 June 2011 3:12 p.m. To: delphi@delphi.org.nz Subject: [DUG] RE Data validation. After a bit of experimenting, it seems that the OnValidate is triggered once you leave the dbEdit box and it is before the Post is committed. This means that you get a message directly after the box you have just entered the data into. This words great for data validation across many forms, but, it tells you the error, however it does not does not return you the box you have just left. Is there a way to put the cursor back to the dbEdit box if an error is encountered ? Along a similar line, is there a way to find where the cursor is within a string in and edit box ? Thanks Wallace ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
Re: [DUG] RE Data validation.
Wallace, normally there are some events in windows to tell you the windows handle of the last item that had focus, as well as the one that now has focus. Edit1.selstart tells you the current cursor position On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM, David O'Brien d...@iccs.co.nz wrote: You could post a shift-tab message? *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] *On Behalf Of *Marshland Engineering *Sent:* Monday, 6 June 2011 3:12 p.m. *To:* delphi@delphi.org.nz *Subject:* [DUG] RE Data validation. After a bit of experimenting, it seems that the OnValidate is triggered once you leave the dbEdit box and it is before the Post is committed. This means that you get a message directly after the box you have just entered the data into. This words great for data validation across many forms, but, it tells you the error, however it does not does not return you the box you have just left. Is there a way to put the cursor back to the dbEdit box if an error is encountered ? Along a similar line, is there a way to find where the cursor is within a string in and edit box ? Thanks Wallace ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821 ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
Re: [DUG] RE Data validation.
To answer your first question TField.FocusControl will focus the first editor linked to the field. With the edit box you can probably use something like SelStart to do what you are wanting (the details depend a bit on the edit control though I think and I haven't used the standard VCL ones in years) Cheers, David. From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Marshland Engineering Sent: Monday, 6 June 2011 3:12 p.m. To: delphi@delphi.org.nz Subject: [DUG] RE Data validation. After a bit of experimenting, it seems that the OnValidate is triggered once you leave the dbEdit box and it is before the Post is committed. This means that you get a message directly after the box you have just entered the data into. This words great for data validation across many forms, but, it tells you the error, however it does not does not return you the box you have just left. Is there a way to put the cursor back to the dbEdit box if an error is encountered ? Along a similar line, is there a way to find where the cursor is within a string in and edit box ? Thanks Wallace ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
