problem with focus in a form (with card and tubular)

gonzy1981

I have in the same form, form card and tabular form (subform). If i've the focus in the form card and i click in one menu item, i want load some information in the form card, but if i've the focus in the tabular form i want to load the information in the subform.

Do you know how to know in what form or subform i have the focus for to load the information?
Thanks

garak

Hope i underst. it correct.

give the Subform a name and in the Subform create a function.
In this function u set the focus an you needed control.

Like this:

FunctionInSubform() <- The Function in your subform
CurrForm.YourControl.activate();

//from Mainform
currform.NameOfTheSubform.FunctionInSubform();

As example how to create a function on Subform and how to use it, take a look behind form 42 -> Button Line -> Dimensions

Regards

MBerger

the problem is that as soon as you click your button in your main form that the main form will have the focus, even if you had the subform selected, because the button is IN the form.

There IS a way around it though : work with a keyboard shortcut...
Make a menubutton in BOTH forms, and make an entry in both with the same keyboard shortcut, and put the different code on each of these entries. then hide the menubutton somewhere out of sight ( behind another control ).

If you are in your mainform, the menubutton there will be executed when pressing the shortcut, when in the subform the on on the subform.