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Public Sub Form_Open() Balloon.Delay = 1000 End Public Sub TextBox1_LostFocus() If IsNull(Application.ActiveControl) Then Return If Len(Last.Text) < 8 Then Balloon.Error("this must be filled before anything else", Last) TextBox1.Select() Last.SetFocus Endif End I don't know if Application.ActiveControl is in the last 3.5 packages, but it is what you need. 2014/1/24 Charlie Reinl <karl.re...@fen-net.de>: > Am Freitag, den 24.01.2014, 09:56 +1030 schrieb Bruce: >> I have a form with a textbox that "MUST" be filled in before moving on >> to the next control or any other control within the form. Fine, so I >> implement a txtManditory_LostFocus method that just checks that there is >> some text in there. >> >> My problems are: >> 1) if the entire form loses focus, the lostfocus event fires. >> 2) if the user tries to click on the form menu the lost focus event >> fires. >> >> I think I have got around 1) by using Object.Lock in a Form_Leave() >> handler, but 2) has got me stumped. >> >> Any clues? >> >> tia >> Bruce > > Salut Bruce, > > disable all others and set a 'continue' (enabled) behind ..... > or let the user only enter to the form after filling that field in a > single form/field > > > -- > Amicalement > Charlie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user -- Fabien Bodard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user