Where is the cursor !

[Filips Benoit]

Dear All,

How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is!

Thanks,

Filip

[Keith]

"Filips Benoit" <be***********@pandora.be> wrote:

How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is!

Filip,

You could use the form's "on timer" event such that, after a period of
inactivity the control that has the focus changes background colour, but
you'd need to code it carefully in case, for example, a command button had
the focus when the timer event fires.

Regards,
Keith.
www.keithwilby.com

[Terry Kreft]

Alternatively ...

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0028.htm

--
Terry Kreft
MVP Microsoft Access
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"Filips Benoit" <be***********@pandora.be> wrote:

How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is!

Filip,

You could use the form's "on timer" event such that, after a period of
inactivity the control that has the focus changes background colour, but
you'd need to code it carefully in case, for example, a command button had
the focus when the timer event fires.

Regards,
Keith.
www.keithwilby.com

[Darryl Kerkeslager]

"Filips Benoit" <be***********@pandora.be> wrote

How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is!

Assuming the cursor reference is a red herring, if all you want is to show
the active field, just set the conditional formatting of the field to yellow
when the "Field has focus" (assuming also that your version of Access has
conditional formatting).

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Darryl Kerkeslager

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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Knowledge is power.
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[Filips Benoit]

Conditional formatting is the best sulution for me.

Thanks

"Darryl Kerkeslager" <ke*********@comcast.net> wrote in message
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"Filips Benoit" <be***********@pandora.be> wrote

How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is!
Assuming the cursor reference is a red herring, if all you want is to show
the active field, just set the conditional formatting of the field to

yellow when the "Field has focus" (assuming also that your version of Access has
conditional formatting).

--
Darryl Kerkeslager

Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Knowledge is power.
See www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927