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Why does Lost focus does not retain focus ?

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Why does Lost focus does not retain focus ?

by  ramani  Posted    (Edited  )
Often, we use validation code in the LostFocus event instead of in Valid event of a control. There are many reasons to do this way.

What one often forget is that - the lost focus event does not retain focus by the evnt returning .t. or .f. (example.. RETURN .t. or RETURN .f.)

The code should follow the example given below:

myText1.LostFocusEvent
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IF This.Value # myDesiredValue
MESSAGEBOX("Try again. Value not acceptable",16,"Stop")
NODEFAULT
ENDIF

The use of NODEFAULT tells the event not to loose the focus and retain it back.

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Ramani (Subramanian.G), FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com
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