Yes! Thank you! Been banging my head against the 
"how-do-I-conditionally-call-up-Form-X" wall for two days. Ouch. Ah, relief.

Bruce Chitiea
909.238.9012 cell

> On Oct 3, 2013, at 7:20, "MikeB" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I mentioned the Switch/Endsw approach simply because it gives you some
> flexibility (testing for other conditions) and can still include the Skip
> command within the Switch/Endsw. 
> 
> 
> For example if a certain condition isn't met and you want to stay in that
> field or even open another form, etc.
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> Richardson, Jeff
>> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 10:05 AM
>> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Tab Property?
>> 
>> After some adjustments, the SKIP command is now serving me well. Thank
>> you all for the input.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MikeB
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 3:56 PM
>> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Tab Property?
>> 
>> You won't have to define a variable if each of your fields has a
>> CompID.
>> 
>> You can use an eep on your speed button and use a switch/endsw with
>> each CASE statement tied to the global variable RBTI_FORM_COMPID (which
>> is the compID of the most recent control that has a compID) and then
>> with each CASE statement you could use the PROPERTY compID SET_FOCUS
>> 'true' statement to advance to the next edit field.
>> 
>> 
>> Having said ALL that, "SKIP 1" advances to the next field on my machine
>> as Javier suggests.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>>> Richardson, Jeff
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 3:40 PM
>>> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
>>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Tab Property?
>>> 
>>> Thank you for the hints... Incidentally, the SKIP command had no
>>> effect in my application, but I never knew it existed, so I'm glad it
>>> was mentioned.
>>> 
>>> I am thinking now that my solution will involve a variation of the
>>> SET_FOCUS, but since I might be pressing my speed button from any
>>> number of DB edit fields and the next field is dynamic, I will need
>> to
>>> define a variable when I enter a DB edit field that defines the next
>>> field. So my command then is PROPERTY &vnextfield set_focus 'true'
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> Javier
>>> Valencia
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 3:23 PM
>>> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
>>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Tab Property?
>>> 
>>> Have you tried the SKIP command?
>>> Also, if you know the next field and it has a component ID, you can
>>> use:
>>> PROPERTY vComponentID SETFOCUS 'TRUE'
>>> 
>>> Javier,
>>> 
>>> Javier Valencia, PE
>>> O: 913-829-0888
>>> H: 913-397-9605
>>> C: 913-915-3137
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>>> Richardson, Jeff
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 2:01 PM
>>> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
>>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Tab Property?
>>> 
>>> Hello. Does anyone know a Form PROPERTY command that will
>>> automatically TAB to the next field/form control in the Tab Order
>>> list?  For example, I want to be focused in one database edit field
>>> and press a speed button that performs a series of operations, and
>>> then have it advance the focus to the next database edit field down
>>> the line without the user actually needing to press the tab key on
>> the
>>> keyboard. Thanks for any thoughts!
> 
> 


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