OpenEuphoria

How can I make a field ready to receive typing?

• Posted by Louis at cwshop.com Oct 07, 2003
• 422 views

My windows are working fine.  However, when the input window opens, the=
 cursor is nowhere to be seen.  I must either click on the input field or=
 hit TAB to produce a cursor so that I can type in the field.

As someone suggested, I tried SetFocus() to that field in a procedure that=
 is triggered by w32HActivate of that window.  When I do that, I still have=
 no cursor and cannot type.  However, pressing TAB causes the highlight to=
 appear at the next thing AFTER the input field, so I know that the cursor=
 was on the input field, it just wasn't enabled for some reason.  One=
 example (childwin.exw) does achieve a field open for input, but they used=
 onXXX, which is not compatible with the setHandler style I am using.

I have found the Win32 SDK documentation in msdn.microsoft.com, but am=
 having trouble relating it to Euphoria.  I know how to write programs, but=
 I am a beginner at Windows Programming.

Is there a Euphoria routine that invokes "SendInput"?  If so, I could use=
 it to send a TAB right after the window opened (instead of using SetFocus)=
 which would open the desired field for input, though I don't particularly=
 like this approach because it could interact with the keyboard and cause=
 unexpected results.

I learned an incredible thing while examining examples.  If I create a=
 window with flags set to {WS_CAPTION,WS_SYSMENU}, the window becomes=
 unresizable.  This is a property I wanted, but I have no idea why it=
 works.  Can you imagine how frustrated I would be if I tried to learn how=
 to do this by manually searching the the Windows SDK?  (No computer search=
 is possible, as it is in a number of separate pages, and Microsoft's=
 search engine doesn't help.)

HELP!

Thanks,
Louis.