when I open my form, or start a new Record, the cursor doesn’t begin at any field, that I can tell. I have to move my mouse cursor to my first entry field (a date) field. How can I program my form to automatically start at my date field?
Hello,
Open the form in edit mode. Select the control you want the cursor at when the form is first opened. Then on the Form Design toolbar (usually on the bottom of the frame) select Automatic Control Focus icon. This is a toggle so click to turn on & again to turn off. Save the form. While you are at it, make sure you Tab sequence is in order - same toolbar but Activation Order icon. This is the sequence of controls when tabbing.
Ok thanks for your reply, I did as directed, and it did start out there on my date field, but still doesn’t work when starting a new record, or when I go to next record. I’ve come from C# programming for my front end for my MySQL database, and I’m having a hard time grasping base. I can set the focus for any field, at any time. That’s what I’m looking for. Should of been more clear, I guess. Don’t understand why when going to another record, or starting a new record, the cursor just disappears
Just noticed that it is only when I use my buttons “Next, Previous, New, etc”, that the cursor disappears. If I use the forms built in navigation controls, the cursor stays on the date field. hmmmm, now i’ll have to find if that can be fixed. Again Ratslinger, thanks for your help.