Add the following before your "$W ->Show;":
$W->{-dialogui} = 1;
and it should make the Window act like a DialogBox.
Use Jeremy's suggestion to put the cursor in the textfield.
Jonathan Southwick
Technical & Network Services
Allegheny College, Meadsville, PA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:40 PM
Subject: [perl-win32-gui-users] RE: [perl-win32-gui-users]Why Do I have to
use the Mouse???
> Can Anybody help here.
> At the moment I have to click on the textbox to highlight it before I can
> enter anything and then I have to use the mouse to click validate it....
> All I want is, When the progran start's the first textbox is already
> highlighted and to submit it all I have to do is press Enter,
> I am driven soft that something so trivial is anything But !!!!
> or is it the softness in the brain has brought me to a point in my
existence
> from where there is nowhere to progress.
>
> here it is
> ||
> ||
> ||
> \/
>
> use strict;
> use Win32::GUI;
>
> my $MWfont = Win32::GUI::Font->new(
> -name => "Arial",
> -size => 16,
> );
>
> my $W = new Win32::GUI::Window(
> -name => "W",
> -text => "Work....Let You !!!!!",
> -left => 0,
> -top => 0,
> -width => 640,
> -height => 480,
> -font => $MWfont,
> );
>
> $W->AddTextfield(
> -name => "Input",
> -font => $MWfont,
> -left => 20,
> -top => 40,
> -width => 100,
> -height => 25,
> -text => "",
> -prompt => [ "Enter ???? : ", 100 ],
> ,
> );
>
>
> $W->AddButton(
> -text => '&Validate',
> -name => 'CmdValidate',
> -left => 250,
> -top => 40,
> -default => 1,
> -ok => 1,
> -height => 25,
> -width => 80,
> );
>
>
> $W->AddTextfield(
> -name => "Display",
> -readonly => 1,
> -multiline => 1,
> -left => 40,
> -top => 130,
> -width => 540,
> -height => 120,
> -text => "I'm a placeholder",
> -foreground => [255,255,255],
> -background =>[0, 0, 255],
> );
>
> $W->AddStatusBar(
> -name => "Status",
> -text => "What Will I Look For Today .",
> );
> $W ->Show;
> Win32::GUI::Dialog();
>
> sub MainWindow_Terminate {
> PostQuitMessage(1);
> }
>
>
> #=============
> sub W_Resize {
> #=============
> $W->Status->Move(0, $W->ScaleHeight-$W->Status->Height);
> $W->Status->Resize($W->ScaleWidth, $W->Status->Height);
> return 1;
> }
>
> #===============
> sub Exit_Click {
> #===============
> return -1;
> }
>
> #===============
> sub CmdValidate_Click {
> #===============
> $W->Display->{-text} = 'Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa';
> }
>
>
> Rgds Eoin:
> EMF2 Test Engineering
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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