[RESOLVED] .SetFocus

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Oct 5th, 2009, 08:37 AM
abhijit

[RESOLVED] .SetFocus

Has anyone else experienced this?
I am in debug mode VB6 IDE.

I am running my IDE on Citrix Terminal Server.
There's a command Spread1.SetFocus

For some reason this fails when I am running my code in IDE.

Spread1 is a farpoint spread control.
Can someone please test?
Oct 5th, 2009, 08:58 AM
Siddharth Rout

Re: .SetFocus
What is the operation that you want to perform after setting focus?

Instead of setting focus try this...
vb Code:
```
With Spread1
'~~> your code to execute the opreation without setting focus...
End With
```
Oct 5th, 2009, 09:09 AM
abhijit

Re: .SetFocus
Quote:
Originally Posted by koolsid

What is the operation that you want to perform after setting focus?

Instead of setting focus try this...

vb Code:

With Spread1
'~~> your code to execute the opreation without setting focus...
End With
There's nothing on the GotFocus event of the spread control.

This is legacy code from 1998. I am going to try and remove the setFocus line in this particular form and see how it goes.
Oct 5th, 2009, 09:15 AM
Siddharth Rout

Re: .SetFocus

Does it have an .activate event...
Oct 5th, 2009, 09:25 AM
abhijit

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by koolsid

Does it have an .activate event...

Farpoint Spread control does not have an activate event. Not the version we have in our application.
Oct 5th, 2009, 09:31 AM
Siddharth Rout

Re: .SetFocus

What is the EditMode property of spread1 set to?

Also you can either set the TabIndex to 0 to have the Spread have focus when it is loaded or call the SetFocus method after the Spread control is loaded (Form_Activate event).
Oct 5th, 2009, 11:36 AM
MartinLiss

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhijit

Has anyone else experienced this?
I am in debug mode VB6 IDE.

I am running my IDE on Citrix Terminal Server.
There's a command Spread1.SetFocus

For some reason this fails when I am running my code in IDE.

Spread1 is a farpoint spread control.
Can someone please test?

How does it fail? If there's an error message what is it? Is the control visible when you try to SetFocus?
Oct 5th, 2009, 11:53 AM
RhinoBull

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhijit

For some reason this fails when I am running my code in IDE.

You are not debugging at the moment when focus has to be set, are you? If you are then that's the reason.
Oct 5th, 2009, 11:56 AM
dee-u

Re: .SetFocus

I am not sure if it will make a difference but have you tried the SetFocus API if it will work?
Oct 5th, 2009, 12:16 PM
abhijit

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by RhinoBull

You are not debugging at the moment when focus has to be set, are you? If you are then that's the reason.

If that were the case, this code should also fail while I am debugging.

Code:

Option Explicit Private Sub Command1_Click() DoEvents Text2.SetFocus End Sub

This form has got two text boxes. If I run it in debug mode, it sets the focus on the second text box.
Oct 5th, 2009, 12:23 PM
abhijit

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinLiss

How does it fail? If there's an error message what is it? Is the control visible when you try to SetFocus?

The error message is "RunTime Error 5: Invalid procedure call or argument".
I am pretty sure that control is visible, but I need to check this again. The control is on a frame. There are several frames on the form and there is code that hides and un-hides the frames.
Oct 5th, 2009, 01:09 PM
RhinoBull

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhijit

The error message is "RunTime Error 5: Invalid procedure call or argument"...

That could only be if:

- control is not visible
- control is disable
- parent container is not visible
- parent container is disable
Oct 5th, 2009, 01:11 PM
Siddharth Rout

Re: .SetFocus

Abhi

Did you see post 6?
Oct 5th, 2009, 01:52 PM
abhijit

Re: .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by koolsid

What is the EditMode property of spread1 set to?

Also you can either set the TabIndex to 0 to have the Spread have focus when it is loaded or call the SetFocus method after the Spread control is loaded (Form_Activate event).

Quote:

Originally Posted by koolsid

Abhi

Did you see post 6?

Sid,
EditMode properties are not checked or set in the control. I believe the cause for the error could be something to do with the way the container controls hide and unhide during a process.
Oct 5th, 2009, 01:54 PM
Siddharth Rout

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Is it loaded when you are trying to set focus?
Oct 5th, 2009, 01:56 PM
abhijit

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Yes it is present on the form, when I invoke it.
Oct 5th, 2009, 02:36 PM
MartinLiss

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Hopefully you aren't trying to set focus on the Form_Load event.
Oct 5th, 2009, 02:43 PM
Pradeep1210

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Does it work ok when you run from complied EXE?
Oct 5th, 2009, 02:49 PM
Siddharth Rout

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Hmmm. one last try...

Set it's EditMode property to true and then try it...
Oct 5th, 2009, 02:54 PM
MartinLiss

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

What does your "Kinda Resolved" mean?
Oct 5th, 2009, 02:58 PM
abhijit

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pradeep1210

Does it work ok when you run from complied EXE?

Yes it does. However, I cannot completely trust the compiled executable as there are several places in this code where it uses "On Error Resume Next".

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinLiss

What does your "Kinda Resolved" mean?

I suspect the container for that control is getting hidden. I am going to look in this direction. Once I find the suspect, I will return and mark it to "RESOLVED".
Oct 5th, 2009, 03:00 PM
MartinLiss

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Construct a watch that breaks when the container is hidden. Do you need help in doing that?
Oct 5th, 2009, 08:48 PM
abhijit

Re: [Kinda Resolved] .SetFocus

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinLiss

Construct a watch that breaks when the container is hidden. Do you need help in doing that?

That worked.

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