Giving a textbox the Cursor

[Hierophant]

Hi,

What I need to do, is have a form with textboxes on it, and set it up so that when the form is opened, the cursor is immediately active in the first box, so that rather than click on it to make it active, the user can just start typing. How does one do this?

I resort to bothering you all with this question after a confusing time with the Microsoft Help Index..

Thanks in advance.
Hiero.

 

[bjackson]

set the tab index for the first text box to 0

 

[Hierophant]

Actually.. it doesn't work like that! I tried this already, and it seems to only effect the order which tabbing takes...

Any other ideas?

I know hitting tab the first time will then take me to the first box.. but just wondering if you can just start with the cursor blinkin in the first box.. perhaps some tab increment command?

 

[Rich]

How are you opening the form, via a command button, do you use hyperlink?

 

[Hierophant]

Via a command button...

 

[bjackson]

after the docmd.openform action set the focus
to the control you want

forms![formname]![controlname].setfocus

 

[Hierophant]

Thanks a lot. I thought it might have something to do with focus. Cheers!