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    #1

    A tab too far

    I can't code worth a damn. Problem: Tabbing past the last tab stop on my form causes multiple invalid records in a child table.
    Table-tbl_jobsdetail.
    Form-frm_svcorderentry1 based on table.
    Trace: Created by just tabbing through the order.

    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1 "OnActivate"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Save "CanArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:MEMO "CanDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:MEMO "OnDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Save "OnArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "CanArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Save "CanDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Save "OnDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "OnArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "CanArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1 "CanSave"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "CanDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "OnDepart"
    Event: Table( TBL_JOBSDETAIL ) "CanSaveRecord"
    Event: Table( TBL_JOBSDETAIL ) "OnSaveRecord"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "OnArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1 "OnSave"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "CanDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:Cancel "OnDepart"
    Event: Field( TBL_JOBSDETAIL->HOW_MANY ) "CanEditField"
    Event: Field( TBL_JOBSDETAIL->HOW_MANY ) "OnEditField"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "OnArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "CanDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "OnDepart"
    Event: Field( TBL_JOBSDETAIL->HOW_MANY ) "CanEditField"
    Event: Field( TBL_JOBSDETAIL->HOW_MANY ) "OnEditField"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "OnArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "CanDepart"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "OnDepart"
    Event: Table( TBL_JOBSDETAIL ) "CanEnterRecord"
    Event: Table( TBL_JOBSDETAIL ) "OnEnterRecord"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1 "OnEnter"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "CanArrive"
    Event: Field( TBL_JOBSDETAIL->HOW_MANY ) "CanEditField"
    Event: Field( TBL_JOBSDETAIL->HOW_MANY ) "OnEditField"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1:HOW_MANY "OnArrive"
    Event: :frm_svcorderentry1 "OnDeactivate"

    How to generate problem:
    Open From: frm_openjobs 'Based on set set_jobentry
    On browse of form: Double-click any parent record. 'The onrowdoubleclick envent of the browse will open the frm_svcorderentry1 form, creat a new child record, and populate several fields.
    There are only five tab stop fields. If the user tabs past the last tab stop "5" three ugly and unwanted records are created in the tbl_jobsdetail.
    I either want to prohit the user from tabbing past the last tab stop or allow the tab stop without the mess.

    Please help!
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    RE: A tab too far

    Mike,

    Using Vers 4.5 I don't get multiple new records in the job_details table.

    However, if the user tabs through the last field (in tab order) Alpha Five saves the current record and begins a new one. This is normal and is symptomatic of 'continuous data entry'.

    One solution to this is to place a dummy button on your form. Put a short one line script in it's OnArrive event, to activate another field on the form. As soon as focus arrives at the dummy button, it's passed back to another field on the form, you see? If you then arrange for this dummy button to be 'last' in tab order, the tab key can never be used to tab OUT of the 'last' field. (As soon as focus arrives there, your script kicks focus to the field you specified...) You can set the properties of the button so that it's hidden, so the user won't be aware of what's happening. Perhaps others will have a better solution, but this works for me.

    I noticed in passing that your set uses referential integrity, and that your frm_openjobs form incorporates a named browse. My personal preference is to use embedded browses in situations such as this, and to avoid using referential integrity in the set specifications. I find embedded browses simpler to work with, and I'm not smart enough to understand all the possible ramifications of how referential intergrity works.

    -- tom

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      RE: A tab too far

      Tom,

      Thank you very much. Sometimes the simplest of things elude me. I prefer to use the referential integrity to simplify deletion of records once the job has been completed. I have found that entering child records based on a child table does not provide referential integrity. I suppose that each parent/child relationship must be stored in one of the set index files. Idunno. Anyway, I can press on thanks to your help.

      Cheers!
      MW

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