SetFocus

[Nice Chap]

On Form Load Setting focus to a specific field does not work { I guess
becuase the handle is not created yet}what event should I then use to set
focus to a particular field on a form.

Activated changes the focus 'every' the form gets activated which in my case
is undesirable.

Has anybody encountered this problem at all please ?

[Imran Koradia]

> On Form Load Setting focus to a specific field does not work { I guess

becuase the handle is not created yet}
No - the controls have already been created; you can't set focus because the
controls are still invisible.
Activated changes the focus 'every' the form gets activated which in my case is undesirable.

you're on track. You can use a boolean to tell you whether this is the first
time a form is activated.
something like this:

Private bFirstTimeActivated as boolean

Private Sub Form1_Activated(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Activated
If Not bFirstTimeActivated Then
MyControl.Focus()
bFirstTimeActivated = True
End If
End Sub

hope that helps..
Imran.

[Nice Chap]

Thanks for your reply,

just for the benefit of others,
On Load, setting Me.ActiveControl to the desired textbox works.