WD6X: DlgFocus Statement Does Not Change the Focus in MacWord

ID: Q126024

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

The Microsoft WordBasic DlgFocus statement is used within a dialog function to set the focus on the dialog box control. However, the DlgFocus statement does not change the focus in a Word 6.0 for the Macintosh dialog box.

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When a dialog box control has the focus, it is active and responds to keyboard input. For example, if a text box has the focus, any text you type appears in that text box. Buttons with focus appear to have a darker ring around them. The DlgFocus statement does not return a WordBasic error when used in a Macintosh Word macro, but the focus is not set to the control.

In the following sample macro, the DlgFocus statement in Case 1 of the dialog function has no effect. If this macro is run in Word 6.x for Windows, the focus is correctly set to the "MyControl1" control.

   Sub Main
      Begin Dialog UserDialog 320, 144, "Microsoft Word", .MyDlgFunction
         OKButton 10, 6, 88, 21
         CancelButton 10, 30, 88, 21
         PushButton 57, 101, 88, 21, "Mybutton", .MyControl1
      End Dialog
      Dim dlg As UserDialog
      x = Dialog(dlg)
   End Sub

   Function MyDlgFunction(identifier$, action, suppvalue)
      Select Case action
         Case 1
            DlgFocus "MyControl1"
         Case Else
      End Select
   End Function

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Developer's Kit," version 6.0, Chapter 5, "Working with Custom Dialog Boxes"

Additional query words: dynamic

Keywords          : kbmacro kbprg kbdtacode kbmacroexample macword word6 
Version           : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 8, 1999