Re: Forms 4.5 question

Sushama Belkhode wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My application has a field that can hold two characters. What trigger
> can I use for the focus to be set on the next field as soon as two
> characters are entered without the user having to hit 'Enter'?
>
> I am looking for an automatic tabbing to the next field as soon as the
> first one is full. I've tried post_text_item and post_change but they
> don't work.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sushama

Actually, you don't need any triggers at all. Set your Maximum Length property to 2, then set Auto Skip to TRUE. When a user enters the second character in this field, the cursor will automatically skip to the next field.

You can also set: a) the Fixed Length property to TRUE if the user must always enter 2 and only 2 characters, b) the Required property to TRUE if the user cannot enter NULLS.

GOOD LUCK!

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Robert Christenson
Gazette Technologies
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