Subject Re: ENTRYFIELD From Ronnie MacGregor <No_Sp@m.Thanks> Date Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:39:35 +0100 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started In article <8zaTpRGbVHA.2332@ip-AC1E04A7>, invalid@invalid.invald says... > > I have an ENTRYFIELD object whose onGotFocus event fires only when it gets > > focus by either mouse click or tab key. It does not fire if you use > > setfocus() method. > Yes.  I think this has been reported as a bug. > > You can work around this in your program by executing the onGotFocus > event handler yourself. > >      form.entryfield1.setfocus() >      form.entryfield1.onGotFocus() This general subject has surfaced many times over the years, and has previously been discussed at great length. My best memory of the conclusions is to the effect that this is not a bug. The idea is that user interaction shouild fire all these events. However, in this example, if the developer wants to move the focus to an object, he/she/they may or may not want events to fire. It is therefore the choice of the developer to fire any event that he wishes, as in Mervyn's example two lines of code above. -- Ronnie MacGregor Scotland Ronnie at dBASEdeveloper dot co dot uk www.dBASEdeveloper.co.uk