OpenEuphoria

Re: lost focus

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Dec 24, 2004
• 523 views

George Walters wrote:
> 
> 
> When program 1 runs program 2 which does it's stuff then terminates, the 
> setFocus(idList) on program 1 does not work under certain circumstances. If
> I look at program 2's screen for more that about 15 seconds, the setFocus in
> program
> 1 does not work. If I return to immediately from program 2 to program 1 then
> idList
> does have
> the focus and works properly. Any idea's how to fix this?
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> --------------------------------- Drill Down api030b
> --------------------------------
> procedure processDrill(integer self, integer event, sequence args)
> integer retCode, index
> 
>     index = getIndex(idList)
>     if index > lnCount then
>     	-- do nothing
>     else
> 	    dbKey = drillTable[index]
> 	    retCode = system_exec("exw.exe "&"opi030b.exw " & str(selectType) & " " &
> dbKey ,0)
> 	    if retCode != 0 then
> 	        tmp = message_box("Program error link not found","",0)
> 	    end if
> 	 end if
> 
>     setFocus(idList)
> 
> end procedure
> </eucode>
{{{


Try setting focus to the window that contains the idList before setting
focus to the list. I'm not sure if that is what you are after. 

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia