Activating an object

[jackvbe]

I am using Action scripting to open up a companion form from an embedded browse.
The form I am opening has 2 Tabs. When I open the form I want the 2nd Tab to be active. I tried to use "Activate an Object" (to a field in the second tab's form) as the second command in the Action scripting.

But it doesn't work.

Am I doing it in the wrong order or is there some other command to use?

[forskare]

Re: Activating an object

I am using Action scripting to open up a companion form from an embedded browse.
The form I am opening has 2 Tabs. When I open the form I want the 2nd Tab to be active. I tried to use "Activate an Object" (to a field in the second tab's form) as the second command in the Action scripting.

But it doesn't work.

Am I doing it in the wrong order or is there some other command to use?

Jack,

I created a tabbed object and added a field to the 2nd tab. Next, I created a button and used AS to activate an object, the field on tab 2. The default view of the tabbed object is tab 1. Pressed the button and the field on tab 2 has focus.

kenn

[jackvbe]

Re: Activating an object

Jack,

I created a tabbed object and added a field to the 2nd tab. Next, I created a button and used AS to activate an object, the field on tab 2. The default view of the tabbed object is tab 1. Pressed the button and the field on tab 2 has focus.

kenn

Kenn
In my case The tabbed form is first being open as a Companion form, maybe under those circumstances it doesn't seem to be working.

[MikeC]

Re: Activating an object

Jack,

Try activating the companion form first (or an object on the first tab) before activating the wanted tab's object.

...or could resort to using sys_send_keys() to go to the correct tab once the form opens(I don't like this method though).

[Mike Wilson]

Re: Activating an object

The companion form opens as a dialog, so no scripting beyond the "open companion form" will run until it closes. So there is no code you can use from the button to activate anything.

Therefore, script in the companion form OnInit Event (InLine Xbasic for action scripting), the following:

     if vTab_call = "T2" then
        topparent:tabbed1.tab_set(2)
        vTab_call = ""
     end if

And on the button before the action of opening the companion form, script the creation of a global variable as C (vTab_call = "T2"). Then when the companion form opens, the global variable will direct the action of activating the second tab, or whatever else you script in to activate.