Auto Tabbing Does Not Work

[lhooker]

I have a form with text boxes. I want to automatically tab through when a single value is entered. I have 'Auto Tab' set to 'Yes' for the first three (3) text boxes (just for testing) in the form. The table definition for each field is set to 'Single' for 'Field Size', 'General Number' for 'Format', 0 for 'Decimal Places', and 9 for the 'Input Mask'. When entering a value in the first text box, the cursor moves to the second text box, but stop there and the cursor does not move automatically to the next text box. Also, the 'Tab Index' numbers are one (1) digit larger than the previous text box and the 'Tab Stop' is set to 'Yes'. Am I missing something ?:banghead:

 

[lhooker]

What is the alternative (if any) ?

 

[lhooker]

Is there any other way to automatically tab to the next field after value has been entered ?

 

[Beetle]

You could potentially code for it but you would have to code for every control on your form, counting key strokes until some predetermined number of characters had been entered, plus trying to validate the entry, then code the Tab move. However, I agree with Pat. All of this would likely just end up being a confusing and counter intuitive data entry experience for the user. Things like this sound good in theory but don't usually work well in practice. What if something changes in the future and the given field now needs to accept data of a different character length, etc? You would then need to go back and modify all of your code / input masks / whatever.

 

[lhooker]

Pat/Sean,

Thanks ! ! !