Put the SelectAll command in the ON ENTRY EEP for each field.
When the user enters the field, the field should be selected/high lighted. If you want to be even more effective place something like the following in the On Entry EEP. GETPROPERTY compID textvalue 'vCheck' If vCheck is null then Property compID SELECTALL 'True' else Property compID LASTCHAR 'True' Endif This will evalute your current data. If it is null then the field will be selected/highlighted for data entry over write. If data exists, it puts the cursor at the end of the existing data. This would help accidental deletions of current or wanted data. On some form controls, such as DB edits, under the object property, is an AUTOSELECT option. If this is selected, the control is supposed to automatically select/highlight the field as you move into it. This is an option as well. -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Belisle" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:29:27 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: On Key Press Bob, The minute I saw your response, I figured you had it right, and you did. That cares for the OKP variable. I will have to experiment on the other forms if that is the best way to care for them. The var in the other forms are lookup variables but with many of our orders, the ship to information is often different. That will bring up the NULLS that have to be deleted in each field. That is a bother to the order enter person as well as our quoting process since they have the same lookup var. I normally have each different field with a different componentID. I read though you can have the same compID for multiple fields. If I put the same compid on all the shipping fields and used the below property command to focus the first field (in this case the ship to name) would the other fields select the complete null as I enter them or would I have to FOCUS each field and SELECTALL each field? I hope I made myself clear on what I want to do. Jim From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:10 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: On Key Press Jim, Property "component ID" set_focus 'True' Property "component ID" SELECTALL 'True' Should cause the named component to be selected/highlighted. When you start typing, the existing value (thus the null sign) should go away. You will need to put the above Property commands in the On Key Press EEp. It may be that I have the order reversed on the above. You may need to select all first then set focus. I do not remember which, but if I remember correctly, it does make a difference. You can try either way. -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Belisle" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:51:44 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: On Key Press Karen, Mike, I tried your suggestion on my OKP field and it did not change anything. The var vKeyword comes up as a NULL even though I set the var vKeyword = ‘ ‘ When I click on the field, I still have to delete the NULL sign. Along the same line, I have the following var that are used in both the quote and order forms. SET VAR vDistName TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistAddress TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistCity TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistState TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistZip TEXT = NULL SET VAR vContactName TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistPhone1 TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistFax TEXT = NULL SET VAR vDistEMail TEXT = NULL SET VAR vShipName TEXT = NULL SET VAR vShipAddress TEXT = NULL SET VAR vShipCity TEXT = NULL SET VAR vShipState TEXT = NULL SET VAR vShipZip TEXT = NULL Most of the times they are filled in automatically because they are lookup variables, but sometimes not. Which way would be best? SET VAR vdistname TEXT Or SET VAR vdistname TEXT = ‘ ‘ Jim From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:35 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: On Key Press Do you keep the null set to the default -0- before you bring the form up? I never do... maybe you can set null ' ' (space between the quotes) before you bring up the form and then set it back to -0- after you exit. Karen I have an On Key Press form associated with a Variable Radio Group. Once one of the boxes on the VRG is checked, the NULL associated with the OKP has to be deleted out before starting to type. Which property command do I use to make the NULL go away so our people can type immediately and not have to delete the NULL manually? Jim
