Subject Re: pushbutton From Lee Grant <camilee@nospam.comcast.net> Date Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:41:54 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mustansir, By the way I renamed your method for the Add to keep it consistent with the object, renaming it PBSave, rather than PBADD. :) Lee On 11/29/2022 6:32 PM, Lee Grant wrote: > Mustansir, > > I've been playing with this and it's been bugging me, because sometime > the tab enter worked, other times it didn't. I suspect that the problem > is not going to be obvious. > > My first take was why are you trying to hit tab and enter to make the > text appear in the Text label object, when simply hitting tab after the > last entryfield could have triggered the entry by onLostFocus for the > entryfield, or the onGotFocus property of the Text label object...but > regardless, I view a pushbutton as that, to be used as a pushbutton with > a mouse. If using data entry keyboard only, the space key once it has > the focus should be exactly what you need. I tried making sure CUAENTER > was set on in the .wfm, but apparently that has no effect...as it did in > a previous newsgroup help request. > > So I started trying to narrow down why it worked for me once, but not > consistently, and I found out that to make it work consistently with the > tab from the entryfield -> pushbutton....this is the procedure you need > to follow. > > Click the dropdown box, select a name (I put an empty space for first > choice), click the entryfield. Type the amount and then tab to the > pushbutton and hit enter and it works everytime. Apparently, to me, the > mouse clicking in the dropdown and entryfield seems to be making the > mouse the focus in those objects and when you finally tab to the > pushbutton, it truly is moving the Focus..whereas when you click the > dropbox, and tab to the entryfield and enter an amount and then tab to > the pushbutton, it takes two times to hit the enter key to move the > focus over to the actual pushbutton and then the second one executes it. > I wish I had some experience getting a screen movie of what I'm > describing so it would be clear, but I suspect that not using the mouse > to move between objects is the reason when you finally tab to the > pushbutton, that the focus isn't really where it should be. Best way I > know to describe this behavior. > I'm including your file with my changes so there isn't a 'default' > selection in the dropbox. > > Lee > > On 11/29/2022 1:57 PM, Mustansir Ghor wrote: >> Dear Ken sir and Mervyn Sir >> >> I am little scared for posting this here. In case my observation >> proves wrong then its ok but I need to put it here. I tested Mervyn >> Sir program and even before posting my issue i had made samething as >> selftest. However to portray my problem I simplified my form and >> attaching here. >> >> The form has 4 objects. Combobox, Entryfield, Pushbutton and text. >> >> The combobox is filled with array data (sample data). >> >> When you run the form, comboxbox gets focus, you can select anydata >> and press Tab key. It goes to Entryfield, here you need to enter >> amount (any amount) and then press Tab key again so it moves to >> pushbutton (here if you click or press space bar then it works fine >> and displays the contents in text box) . If you press Enter key once >> nothing happens, On pressing 2nd time it then displays  the contents >> in text box. >> >> On otherhand when focus comes to Entryfield and after typing the value >> you press Enter key  and then move to pushbutton with Tabkey, then >> pushbutton works on 1st instance. >> >> Pls bear with me if my observations are proven wrong but it will help >> to correct myself as to where I am making mistake. >> >> Thanking you all >> >> Best Regards >> Mustansir > <snip>