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    No Input Focus on Opening Screen

    I have developed an application starts and initiallizes, but it does not have the imput focus when it starts. I mean that Windows does not highlight it for activitiy. If you mouse click on it and give it focus, then it runs fine. I have developed other applications, but this is the first time I have seen this behaviour. Any ideas? It is a nuisance to have to click on it with the mouse.
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    RE: No Input Focus on Opening Screen

    Using Windows 98SE that's how my opening forms behave too.

    This has been discussed a number of times, you might try searching for related threads.

    Some have suggested using sys_send_keys() in the autoexec script, or in the Init script of the opening form, in order to achieve the equivalent of a mouse click. If I remember correctly, some had success sending an Escape key.

    In my own work, I left it 'unfocused', and my end users have never complained.

    -- tom

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      RE: No Input Focus on Opening Screen

      It is not a 98 vs 95 vs whatever issue. There actually is a registry setting to control this behavior.

      I was going to manipulate this setting to manage the issue using until I read that it was designed to prevent certain viruses from sneaking into a system. So, like Tom, I decided to leave our networked machines as is. On a home system one can do as one wishes. The details are on this board if you search for them.

      Bill
      Bill Hanigsberg

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        RE: No Input Focus on Opening Screen

        Bill,

        I'd be very interested to know where in the registry this is. I found that using Win95, my opening screen would have focus most of the time, but with Win98, it would never have focus.

        In my case, I had a ui_get_password prompt appear first. To give it focus (my customer DID complain about it), I put

        sys_send_keys("{esc}")

        BEFORE the line that calls the password prompt. Works like a charm.

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          RE: No Input Focus on Opening Screen

          Bill,

          I use the same approach, but it only works on the server or a standalone system. It does not work consistently on terminals with either Win98 or WinME. Sometimes it do and sometimes it don't. I finally just told the user to click on the password dialog box for focus. That always works.

          Jerry

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            RE: No Input Focus on Opening Screen

            I can't remember the registry key. I'll run a search tomorrow and see if I can find the thread but you should try too in case I can't locate the reference.

            The problem I had with sys_send_keys was that (depending on the registry) it either was or was not necessary and when not necessary it messed something up, I can't remember what.

            What put me on to the issue was that Alpha, and any application written in it, started differently on my home machine and at work. Made me crazy for a while.

            Best to all,
            Bill
            Bill Hanigsberg

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              RE: No Input Focus on Opening Screen

              If I get the HTML right, this should take you to the thread:

              Window focus

              If not, search on Registry Focus. The discussion is in a thread called "Little Thing".

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