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    Help Tab Takes me to a new record

    Help,

    I am having a problem with a Database I created, I have one main form and serveral Items on the form as i tab through everything goes ok until the last field when I hit Tab it then seems to create a new record I would rather it cycle back to the first field if anything, anyone know how to fix this?

    #2
    RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

    Tell Alpha/the form what you want to do when the last field is "tabbed through" by coding the canexit event for the last field. Something like someotherobjectname.activate()

    You supply the "someotherobjectname".
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

      Jarrett,

      Along with Stan's advise, another method would be to restrict "continuous enter" on the forms properties setup tab.

      Scott

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        #4
        RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

        Ok,

        Well I tried both these methods and can get neither to function properly, Continuous Enters is already set on all my forms and the other method well not real sure about activating something else How about more along the lines of setting the tab order so it goes back to the first field. Any Ideas on thisor is this the somethingobject.avtivate()?

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          #5
          RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

          Suppose you only had two fields on the form, field1 and field2. Field1 and field2 being the object names as revealed by right clicking on them and looking at properties, setup tab, field description, object name.

          If you set these up to be in tab order of field1 (1) and field2 (2) then right click on field2, choose events, candepart, (misspoke when I said canexit) and enter the code-

          yourformname:Tables:yourtablename.Fetch_Prev()
          field1.activate()

          then tabbing will "circulate" between the two fields and only page down or page up will move to a new record.
          There can be only one.

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            #6
            RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

            Stan,

            I added the following code to my last tab field, topparent.fetch_prev()
            topparent:Storage_bin_number.activate()

            and the dang thing still moves ahead a record. Is there somehting Wrong with Alpha Five?

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              #7
              RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

              Here's my test database/table/form. Download to a separate directory and see what you get.
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

                I haven't tested Stan's method, but I think it will take more coding. When in enter or change mode, I don't think Alpha will like fetching in any direction.
                Try this assuming the first tabbed object on your form is cust-code:
                1) create a button on the form with a tab sequence right after your last editable field
                2) put this code in the button:
                cust_code.activate()
                3) make the color of the button the same as the background with no border

                If you are going to have the user cycle thru the fields, then the user will have to take an an action to save the record.

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                  #9
                  RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

                  Forgot to mention to put the code "cust_code.activate()" in the canarrive event of the button.

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                    #10
                    RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

                    That works perfectly.
                    Thanks John

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                      #11
                      RE: Help Tab Takes me to a new record

                      Thank you John

                      Adding that little extra code to a hidden button worked great not that it makes any sense to me but it did the job.

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