FLASH: set focus

[DeJarnett, Gary]

Matt,


Thanks for the idea on how to help users to key data into the correct text

fields.  Because all our current projects have the web applications writing

data to either a mainframe database or SQL server database, the tab

order/set focus issue is the main thing hindering me from being able to

"sell" Flash development here where I work.


Could we approach the problem from the perspective of "blocking out" the

users from being able to type anywhere except where we want them to?  


What I'm considering is having a pair of separate movie clips for each

label/text box combination, one which allows data entry into the text box

and one which doesn't.  I would activate the "display only" pair for all

fields on the screen, except the one where I want to allow the user to type.

I could then capture the tab keypress and based upon the mouse cursor

position, activate the movie clip which allows entry at the next logical

place and "lock" all the others.  Of course, I would have to keep the locked

and unlocked variable pairs in synch while I'm doing this.


Seems like a very convoluted thing to have to do for something we take for

granted in visual basic, but I haven't thought of any other ways.  If you or

anyone else thinks of a simpler way to make tabbing work as the user expects

it to as well as controlling the focus, please don't hesitate to make a

suggestion.


Thanks again,


Gary DeJarnett (

dejarnettttu [dot] edu

)


---------  original message  ---------------------


	Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:14:34 -0700

	From: "Matt Wobensmith" <

mwobensmithmacromedia [dot] com

>

	Subject: Re: FLASH: set focus


	Hi Chris -


	You wrote:


	>how do you set the focus to a specific text box. 

	>i want to do this from Visual basic


	I have to say that there are no Flash 4 methods that allow us to do

this. I

	never say "it can't be done" because people find creative ways

around it...

	but there is no ActionScript method that can set focus to a text

field.


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