Re: make tab key act like return key

From:
"Z.K." <nospam@nospam.net>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:05:20 -0800
Message-ID:
<OM9E1JxJIHA.6108@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
Tom Serface wrote:

Have you tried using GotoDlgCtrl()

Tom

"Z.K." <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:u%23svlCkJIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

I have and editbox on my form and I had trapped the return key to
process data in the editbox, but because of interaction with other
programs and a barcode scanner that can only use tab characters, I
need the tab key to act like the return key. Specifically, I can
access the tab key in the pretranslate function, but it always tabs to
the next control; how do I get it the cursor to stay in the editbox?
I have trying using setfocus(), but that did not work.

  Z.K.


Why does this not work?

// Uses GetDlgItem to return a pointer to a user interface control.
CEdit* pBoxOne;
pBoxOne = (CEdit*) GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT1);
GotoDlgCtrl(pBoxOne);

I am using a viewform project and the afxwin.h is included with the
stdafx.h file, but still it says the GotoDlgCtrl is not indentified.

Ok, that works in a Dialog project, but is there an equivalent that
works in a FormView project?

Why does this not work and how to get the tab key to come back to the
edit box everytime I hit the tab key after some data is entered. Do I
need to subclass the edit box. I tried that and used its PreTranslate
Message, but that did not seem to work either.

BOOL CTab_TestView::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
{
    // TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class

    if(pMsg->message == WM_KEYDOWN && pMsg->wParam == VK_TAB)
    {
            MessageBox(TEXT("TAB"));
            m_Edit1.SetFocus();

    }

    return CFormView::PreTranslateMessage(pMsg);
}

    Z.K.

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