Working with Windows Control

Question

I'm trying to work with some windows controls to set up a
grid of fields that users can enter information into. I was able to
use controls that limit the amount of characters that can be
entered into the fields, but the user would still have to use the
Tab key to get to the next control. Is there a way, either through
code or interaction icons, that would automatically jump to the
next control, once the user has entered the maximum amount of
characters?
Thanks for any help

Answer 1

"Rodimus_Prime" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I think I'm starting off on the right track. I'm trying
to use the function
> wcGetFocusedControl() in a perpetual icon in order to
constantly check
> what
> control is in focus. With that, I can use if statements
to determine when
> to
> shift focus to the next control. I have an interaction
icon set as
> conditional
> (condition is "TRUE") to be perpetual. In that is a
calculation icon with
> a
> repeat statement. But I can't get the repeat statement
to update the
> variable
> assigned by wcGetFocusedControl().
OK, the easiest way to do this is to create a list variable.
I'll call it
wcList. Let's say you have a map that has all your controls
in it. I'll
call it "Control Map." Inside each KO, change the variable
name that you
used in each one to:
wcList[n]
Where n is the child number of each WinCtrl within "Control
Map."
Change your set control value to refer to
wcList[Listcount(wcList)]
Now, below all the WinCtrls, set up an interaction with a
Conditional
response, condition wcChange (assuming that is your winctrl
change
variable), Automatic set to False to True.
Inside that response, something like this:
numLoops := Listcount(wcList)
focusedControl := wcGetFocusedControl()
controlIndex := 0
repeat with x := 1 to numLoops
if focusedControl = wcList[x] then
controlIndex = x
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
newIndex = Test(controlIndex<numLoops, controlIndex +1, 1)
wcSetPropertyValue(wcList[controlIndex], "focus", false)
wcSetPropertyValue(wcList[newIndex], "focus", true)
HTH;
Amy