Setting focus in a PDF form

Hi,
I'm trying to move a cursor to a particular field based on certain conditions using JavaScript. The method I am using is xfa.host.setFocus("fldTest"); in the initialize event. For some reason the focus isn't getting set to fldTest, but when I first hit tab it goes into the first field that is in the tab order. Is there any way around this?
Thanks,
Chad

You might want to check the reference path of the field that you want to set focus on.
Ex: xfa.host.setFocus("form1.page1.subform1.TextField1");

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