Re: focus

Patrick Halstead — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:14:55 GMT

Hi Mary,

There's an object model method called SelectText or SelectNodes (for a group) that will put the cursor in the field (or group) that you want. Take a look at the InfoPath 2003 SDK (InfoPath.dev->resources on right side of home page).

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marymc — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:45:41 GMT

We use Infopath 2003.

In the OnValidate event for a Date Picker field (ExpDate) I first check to see if it is a valid date. If not, I display a message box and I would also like focus to remain or return to the ExpDate field. I am having trouble with this last part. Here is my bit of code:

<InfoPathEventHandler(MatchPath:="/ns1:ProcessDocument/ns1:Document/ns1:PersonalReimbursement/ns1:ExpenseItems/ns1:item/ns1:ExpDate", EventType:=InfoPathEventType.OnValidate)> _
Public Sub ExpDate_OnValidate(ByVal e As DataDOMEvent)
Dim xpnRoot As IXMLDOMNode
xpnRoot = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/")
Dim ExpDate As IXMLDOMNode = xpnRoot.selectSingleNode("/ns1:ProcessDocument/ns1:Document/ns1:PersonalReimbursement/ns1:ExpenseItems/ns1:item/ns1:ExpDate")
If IsDate(ExpDate.text) = False Then
MessageBox.Show("Please enter an Expense Date")
[here is where I would like to set the focus]
End If
End Sub

I have looked at focus, set focus in visual basic help and on-line but am not sure how to do this. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks.

Mary

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