Wallace, normally there are some events in windows to tell you the windows handle of the last item that had focus, as well as the one that now has focus.
Edit1.selstart tells you the current cursor position On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM, David O'Brien <d...@iccs.co.nz> wrote: > You could post a shift-tab message? > > > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *Marshland Engineering > *Sent:* Monday, 6 June 2011 3:12 p.m. > *To:* delphi@delphi.org.nz > *Subject:* [DUG] RE Data validation. > > > > After a bit of experimenting, it seems that the OnValidate is triggered > once you leave the dbEdit box and it is before the Post is committed. This > means that you get a message directly after the box you have just entered > the data into. > > > > This words great for data validation across many forms, but, it tells you > the error, however it does not does not return you the box you have just > left. Is there a way to put the cursor back to the dbEdit box if an error is > encountered ? > > > > Along a similar line, is there a way to find where the cursor is within a > string in and edit box ? > > > > Thanks Wallace > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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