Change TabStop Property after Definition

[raumi75]

Hello everyone,

I have a question about HMG3 and controls like the textbox. The Tabstop Property is only available at definition time, but I need to change it during runtime.

Does anyone have an elegant workaround for this restriction?

Thanks a lot!

[Rathinagiri]

You can setfocus to the next control on thiscontrol's ongotfocus event after checking the required condition.

[gfilatov]

Hello everyone,

I have a question about HMG3 and controls like the textbox. The Tabstop Property is only available at definition time, but I need to change it during runtime.

Does anyone have an elegant workaround for this restriction?

Thanks a lot!

Hello Raumi,

Did you tried

SetTabStop(GetControlHandle( 'Text_1' , 'Form_1' ), .f.)

[raumi75]

SetTabStop(GetControlHandle( 'Text_1' , 'Form_1' ), .f.)

Thank you very much. That was exactly what I was looking for!!

[raumi75]

SetTabStop(GetControlHandle( 'Text_1' , 'Form_1' ), .f.)

I just learned, that I need to check the status first and only set the value if necessary, otherwise, the control starts looking and behaving strangely (for reasons I do not understand).

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if isTabStop(GetControlHandle( 'Text_1' , 'Form_1' ) )
   SetTabStop(GetControlHandle( 'Text_1' , 'Form_1' ), .f.) 
endif

[Rathinagiri]

New to me. Thanks a lot for the info.