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How do you end input in an edit control
Dec., 16th 2009 at 10:30 PM
John Marrone
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Hi
I'm back, sorry. But how in the heck do you finish your input in a edit control. I have tried the enter key and the tab but neither one does the trick. Right now if I click on one of the other control is the only way I can finish my data input in the edit control. Can you not just let the user hit the enter key when they are done entering data?


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Re: How do you end input in an edit control
Hi John, An off-screen button would do the trick. If the button has tab and validate properties then both tab and enter will work. Regards, Piet
From Piet van Zanten - Dec., 17th 2009 - More »
Re: How do you end input in an edit control
Hi John, You could always add the Key Up event to your edit field Might mean some fancy coding though to trap the entry waiting for a Charact(13)???
From DarrenF - Dec., 17th 2009 - More »
Re: How do you end input in an edit control
You would be right, this is the only input on the window. But there has got to a way. I think maybe put another text box on the window and make it invisible. But would I lose the cursor. Going to try ...
From John Marrone - Dec., 16th 2009 - More »
Re: How do you end input in an edit control
I suppose all your controls are read-only (except for that editbox), so there's no other control to TAB to? Just a guess...
From Arie Mars - Dec., 16th 2009 - More »