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Dear friends, is there an easy way to insert a TAB character (CHR( 9 )) in a TMultiGet object using the keyboard? ALT-9 doesn't seem to work.

Thanks in advance.

EMG

Enrico,

This is from my notes.

To allow the Tab key in memo gets add this to keyDown method:

  // add next two lines
  case nKey == VK_TAB
       return 0

Normally the Tab just goes to the next field.

However, it doesn't seem like a very good solution since you have to modify FW source.

Regards,
James

Thank you. I will wait for a solution that don't require to change FWH sources.

EMG

Enrico,

Please be ware that if you want to insert Tabs then you will not able to use Tab to give focus to the next control.

I would try it this way:
oMemo:nDlgCode = DLGC_WANTALLKEYS

For the moment I'm using this:

Method KeyChar()

if nKey == 63 .and. nAnd( nFlags / 65536, 255 ) == 57
::Replace( CHR( 9 ) )
if ::bChange != nil
Eval( ::bChange, nKey, nFlags, Self )
endif
return 0
endif

It allows me to use ALT-9 to insert a TAB. The TAB key on the keyboard is untouched.

Do you think it is a good solution for the standard TMultiGet?

EMG