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From: Helmut Meukel on 9 Feb 2010 04:05 Hmmm, before I wrote my first post, I created a small test app - nothing fancy, just 1 form with an array of 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. No code at all. Then I changed - in design mode - 2 Properties of the textbox: Text1.TabOrder = 0 'was 3 Text1.Left = -20000 Now the textbox was not visible any more, but Text1.Visible was still True When I run the app from the IDE or I compile the exe and run the compiled exe I get the form without the focus visible. Then I can tab through the controls. As Larry mentioned, the fourth tab keystroke sets the tab back to the "invisible" Textbox. So it works on my system. I used Win2000, latest SP + VB6, SP6. After reading your answer I testet the small exe on a Windows7 system and it worked fine. So I started VB6 on that Win7 system, loaded the projekt, run it in the IDE: worked fine. Then I compiled it on the Win7 system and run the new exe: worked fine. I can't understand why it didn't work for you. Helmut. I opened the form file in notepad and pasted it at the end of this answer, have a look at it. "Claire" <replyto(a)fra> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:OO0k8gTqKHA.4492(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I tried that before and it does not work for me. > Claire > > "Helmut Meukel" <NoSpam(a)NoProvider.de> wrote in message > news:eiaS2kQqKHA.4492(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> How about an enabled, visible but hidden control? (a PictureBox, Textbox, >> any control that can receive the focus will do). >> Set its TabIndex to 0. and Left to -20000. >> If you set Visible to false the Checkbox with the lowest TabIndex >> will get the focus, but Visible = True and with Left = -20000 out of >> sight >> it will get the focus. >> >> Helmut. >> >> >> "Claire" <replyto(a)fra> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >> news:eLGSFxPqKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> How to not display focus at startup when the form contains the array of >>> check boxes covering the whole form? >>> Claire >>> >> > VERSION 5.00 Begin VB.Form Form1 Caption = "Form1" ClientHeight = 2484 ClientLeft = 48 ClientTop = 348 ClientWidth = 3756 LinkTopic = "Form1" ScaleHeight = 2484 ScaleWidth = 3756 StartUpPosition = 3 'Windows Default Begin VB.CheckBox Check1 Caption = "Check1" Height = 372 Index = 2 Left = 120 TabIndex = 3 Top = 1080 Width = 1212 End Begin VB.CheckBox Check1 Caption = "Check1" Height = 372 Index = 1 Left = 120 TabIndex = 2 Top = 600 Width = 1212 End Begin VB.CheckBox Check1 Caption = "Check1" Height = 372 Index = 0 Left = 120 TabIndex = 1 Top = 120 Width = 1212 End Begin VB.TextBox Text1 Height = 288 Left = -20000 TabIndex = 0 Text = "Text1" Top = 2040 Width = 1092 End End Attribute VB_Name = "Form1" Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False Attribute VB_Creatable = False Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True Attribute VB_Exposed = False
From: Mike Williams on 9 Feb 2010 08:25 "Helmut Meukel" <NoSpam(a)NoProvider.de> wrote in message news:uCNB%23bWqKHA.3848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Then I compiled it on the Win7 system and run the new exe: worked fine. > [Addressed to Claire] I can't understand why it didn't work for you Reading through your initial post my guess is that Claire "skip read" it and failed to notice the second half of your sentence: "If you set [Picbox] Visible to false the Checkbox with the lowest TabIndex will get the focus, but Visible = True and with Left = -20000 out of sight it will get the focus". Mike
From: Karl E. Peterson on 9 Feb 2010 12:50
Claire wrote: > does not work for me. No way to troubleshoot that. Thanks for playing! -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |