RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

If you read the MapBasic Help file:   The Active keyword applies only to EditText controls   You'll notice that the Active keyword only works for EditText controls. I have spent quite a few hours wondering why my dialog wasn't working as designed.   You might wonder why the Active keyword doesn't work on other controls. Any ideas ? Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical Information & IT   COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark   Tel     +45 6311 4900 Direct  +45 6311 4908 Mob     +45 5156 1045 Fax     +45 6311 4949 E-mail  [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis "For enden af regnbuen..." - hvordan kommer man dertil og er det overhovedet muligt? Læs mere om årets MapInfo konference på www.cowi.dk/mapinfokonference   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Goodall Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:21 PM To: 'Jacques Paris'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog There’s all sorts of “hidden” rules in MapBasic and more importantly the MapBasic documentation.   I added another EditText control to the dialog BEFORE my PopupMenu but made it hidden.   Control EditText Hide   As it turns out, that hidden control received the focus.  Go Figure.  In essence the dialog displays and it appears that No control at all has the focus.  However, when I hit the tab key the focus goes to the next control which is my PopupMenu.  This is a better scenario, but not completely what I want.   From: Jacques Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:42 PM To: 'Greg Goodall'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog   There seems to be some hidden rules in that control focus setting. Popup menu does not seem to able to be set as “default” control, the one that should be active at dialog opening. But it is not the only case I have met; I have been unable to set the OkButton or any button as default focus.   What could be that hidden rule?   Jacques Paris   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Goodall Sent: 21 août 2006 13:31 To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [MI-L] Set Focus on PopupMenu Control in a Dialog   I have a Dialog that contains several types of controls (StaticText, PopupMenu, EditText, RadioGroup and Buttons) and I would like to specify which control has the initial focus when the Dialog displays.   Currently when the Dialog displays, the focus is placed on the first EditText control.  I want the focus to be placed on a PopupMenu control instead.   The Controls are defined in the following order   StaticText PopupMenu EditText   So I would think that the PopupMenu would be get the initial focus according to the Help information below.              Greg Goodall Data Management Marketing Project Manager / Senior Systems Analyst 321-725-8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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