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Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

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    Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

    I created a field expressly for the tab order on a tabbed object to move from one tab to another. On form 1, the tabbed object is Tabbed1. I placed the tab field on each tab and entered this code in the tab field�s OnArrive event:

    tabbed1.tab_set(2)
    sys_send_keys("{tab}")

    It works great, upon arriving on the tab field, immediately go to the first field on the next tab and so on, each time increasing the tab_set(2) by one number, to 3,4,5, etc..

    On form 2, the tabbed object is tabbed3. I placed the tab field (Different table so another tab field) on each tab and entered this code in the tab field�s OnArrive event:

    tabbed3.tab_set(2)
    sys_send_keys("{tab}")

    Upon arriving at the tab field�s OnArrive event, I immediately go to #1 in the tab order, a field on the form, not on the tabbed object. It completely ignores the other tabs and upon arriving at the first field in the tab order, the next record comes into view.

    What am I missing? Why does the cursor go from #12 in the tab order, back to #1 instead of going to #13? I've verified all object names, etc.

    So much for lucky 13, eh?

    Thanks

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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    RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

    Hi Ken
    Instead of using sys_send_keys("{tab}"), which as you recently learned doesn't always go where we want it to, try using activate.

    tabbed3.tab_set(2)
    YourObjectName.activate() 'first stop on that tab

    This will explicitly tell A5 where to go.
    Mick

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      #3
      RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

      Thanks, I forgot about that way of doing it. I like that, Explicity tell it where to go! Will that do me OK at work? Oh my, better not. I'm outnumbered 22-1! (m vs f)


      kenn
      TYVM :) kenn

      Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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        #4
        RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

        OH, OH Mick, I told it explicitly where to go: address1.activate() and it's doing the same thing. Ditto for the other tabbed pages. Upon entering the tab field, focus goes to the #1 field in the tab order.

        Now then, How should I handle this unruly object? Database compact has no effect.

        Thanks,

        kenn
        TYVM :) kenn

        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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          #5
          RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

          Hi Ken
          Is it switching tabs before going to #1 tab stop? If so we know the OnArrive is working, at least partially. Were the tab switch objects copy and paste? If the object was cloned to other tab pages, that may be why it is acting up on all tabs.

          Nothing on the OnDepart for the tab switch? Something somewhere is telling it to go there...just have to find out what and where.

          Mick

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            #6
            RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

            Check the OnTabChange event for the Tabbed object. Maybe something ended up in there. (Guessing at this point)

            Mick

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              #7
              RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

              The tab switch objects were copy and paste. So I wrote them all from scratch. Did the first tab and tried it. Worked great; did the 2nd tab and tried it, it also worked great. Then did the rest of the tabs. Went to view mode and checked the tab order. SAME as before. The first tab reverted back to the old problem.

              Went back, deleted the tab field and drag/dropped it again. Rewrote the code reset the tab order. Back to view mode and tested the tab order. Works fine. Some how the tab field on the first tab page gets corrupted during the process of adding the other tab fields. When it's corrupted or isn't working, all the rest follow suit and don't work. When the first tab field works, the rest work. A case of monkey see, monkey do.

              Thanks Mick for you suggestion.
              kenn
              TYVM :) kenn

              Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

                Ken:
                Selwyn gave me an answer to something like this in 1999. this was for a cond object layered form:
                Author:
                selwyn rabins
                i tested this out and it worked for me.

                i have a varialble called "page".
                the conditions for each of the conditional pages on the conditional object
                are:
                var->page =1
                var->page =2
                var->page =3

                on each page of the CO, i have a button that is the last item in the tab
                order on that page. the button has its hidden property checked. it is very
                important that the button is the last object on the page to get focus.

                in the last field on the form, i have this in its ondepart event (this is for the
                object on page1):

                var->page = 2
                :Cond_Obj:Cond1.Refresh()

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                  #9
                  RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

                  John,

                  Thank you for the variable code. I discovered the problem. As soon as the "Hide" check box is checked, it changes things. Uncheck the "Hide" box and it works fine.

                  Rather than hide the field, I changed the field's properties to match the tab page, etc.

                  Thanks again,

                  kenn
                  TYVM :) kenn

                  Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                    #10
                    RE: Tab Out of Order ?#^%@#

                    Ken - never forget that I'm on your side - in spite of being female :) - Wanda/aka Vindy Vondie Voo

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