Deactivating Tab & Shift+Tab in a program

[blumash]

I have a screen program with a problem , in a certain input field in the Valid is a checkup , if field empty the cursor shouldn't move to the next input field , when pressing the Enter key it's working fine , when pressing the Tab key it's ignoring the Valid statment & MOVING to the next input field , can I lock the Tab key in the program , when Tab key is pressed do nothing ????

Thank's

 

[alvechurchdata]

You can disable the TAB key with :

ON KEY LABEL TAB *
ON KEY LABEL SHIFT+TAB *

but it's an extreme solution that will anger your users. I foresee lots of calls to the HelpDesk saying "My Tab key's broken".



Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[blumash]

Thank's for your replay , don't wery about the help desk LoL , my users anyway don't work with the Tab key the move around the screen with Enter key.

What is the * sign stand for ???

Thank u

 

[rgbean]

In this case the * is just the begining of a comment line. In other words the TAB just does nothing!

Rick

 

[alvechurchdata]

Rick's right - if you leave out the * then the ON KEY LABEL just makes the TAB key revert to its default behaviour.

Just remember to have an ON KEY LABEL TAB in your closedown code. Otherwise you'll find yourself working in the development environment with a disabled TAB key.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk