Set Focus on Control from Navigation Button

[altemir]

I have a Navigation Subform several navigation buttons across the top. When I click on one of the navigation buttons, I would like to ensure that a control on the subform under that button receives the focus. This screen is for barcode entry so I want to make sure the form is ready for action when the user clicks on the nav button.

How do I set focus to the subform control from the navigation button OnEnter event?



Here is my structure:

frmMain --> NavigationSubform --> frmBarcodeEntry --> subfrmBarcodeEntry --> txtBarcodeString

where txtBarcodeString is the textbox control that I want to set focus for.

[June7]

Try:

Forms!mainformname.subformcontainername.Form.contr olname

I always give subform container control a name different from the object it holds.

[altemir]

Try:

Forms!mainformname.subformcontainername.Form.contr olname

I always give subform container control a name different from the object it holds.

Thanks, but I tried the following and it didn't work:

Forms!frmMain.subfrmBarcodeEntry.Form.txtBarcodeSt ring.SetFocus

I get Error 2465: "Application-defined or object-defined error". Should I even be attempting this in the OnEnter event of the nav button?

[June7]

Don't know why not. But I have never used the Navigation control. Don't like it. If you want to provide the project for analysis, will look at.

Did you name the subform container control different from the form it holds, like ctrBarcode?

[altemir]

Yes, it has a different name. I think the reason that I can't set focus on the subform is that I am not executing the SetFocus method in the right event, because any of the events associated with the nav button execute BEFORE the subform and its controls even exist. You would think that placing the SetFocus in the OnOpen or OnLoad event of the subform would work, but the focus continues to be stuck on the nav button.

I even experimented with the OnTimer event to issue a SetFocus command every second after the subform is loaded. I can get a MsgBox to pop up every second, but Me.txtBarcodeString.SetFocus couldn't manage to pull the focus away from the nav button.

... Getting desperate here.

[June7]

As I said, don't like the Navigation control. I seldom use any of the wizards. Silly question - you tried Click event of the Navigation button?

[altemir]

Yes, I tried OnClick.

[altemir]

... but it didn't work either.

[June7]

Do you want to provide project for analysis?

[johanja]

Did you find a solution? Because I have the same problem now, can you set me in the right direction?

I have a Navigation Subform several navigation buttons across the top. When I click on one of the navigation buttons, I would like to ensure that a control on the subform under that button receives the focus. This screen is for barcode entry so I want to make sure the form is ready for action when the user clicks on the nav button.

How do I set focus to the subform control from the navigation button OnEnter event?

Here is my structure:

frmMain --> NavigationSubform --> frmBarcodeEntry --> subfrmBarcodeEntry --> txtBarcodeString

where txtBarcodeString is the textbox control that I want to set focus for.

[ssanfu]

@johanja,
You do realize you posted to a thread that is almost 5 years old???

You should have started your own thread, asking your question and referencing this 5 year old thread. You would probably get more responses.

Good luck.....
Just sayin........