Changing the default button on my form based on text input

[jolene_keagy]

Hi all. Question.
I have a default button (cmd1) on my form which works great.. The user hits enter at any time and it is the active button... but I've just added a text field (txt2) and another command button (cmd2) that would only be pressed when text is entered into this new field (txt2). Is there a way to now switch the default to this new cmd2 when text is entered into the txt2?
Thanks all!
jk

[dglienna]

You could set the focus to the button

Private Sub Text2_LostFocus()
   if len(text1.text) > 0 then   cmd2.SetFocus
End Sub

[jolene_keagy]

Doesn't quite work.. The field will need to accept 4 - 6 digit numbers. Using this code, I input the first number and the focust jumps.. have to click back in the text field, input the second number, the focus jumps again.. etc.

[dglienna]

sorry. i edited it after i noticed that.

[sciguyryan]

Try this:

Private Sub Text2_LostFocus()
    If Len(text1.Text) < 4 Or Len(text1.Text) > 6 Then
        cmd2.SetFocus
    End if
End Sub

Cheers,

RyanJ

[MartinLiss]

You don't need to SetFocus to a specific command button in order to make it the default. Command buttons have a Default property that you can set to True to make it the default. When any given command button's Default property is set to True, all others are automatically set to False.

[jolene_keagy]

Thx Martin! I was still having the "jump focus" problem with the other code. This makes it much easier! Should have figured that out on my own! Next time.
Thx to all who responded.

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