Where is the cursor !

[Filips Benoit]

Dear All,

How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is!

Thanks,

Filip

[Keith]

Re: Where is the cursor !

"Filips Benoit" <benoit.filips@ pandora.be> wrote:
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> How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
> A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
> After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is![/color]

Filip,

You could use the form's "on timer" event such that, after a period of
inactivity the control that has the focus changes background colour, but
you'd need to code it carefully in case, for example, a command button had
the focus when the timer event fires.

Regards,
Keith.

https://www.keithwilby.com

[Terry Kreft]

Re: Where is the cursor !

Alternatively ...

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0028.htm

--
Terry Kreft
MVP Microsoft Access


"Keith" <keith.wilby@Aw ayWithYerCrap.c om> wrote in message
news:Xns961A6AA 7DA57keithwilby @10.15.188.42.. .[color=blue]
> "Filips Benoit" <benoit.filips@ pandora.be> wrote:
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> > How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
> > A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
> > After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is![/color]
>
> Filip,
>
> You could use the form's "on timer" event such that, after a period of
> inactivity the control that has the focus changes background colour, but
> you'd need to code it carefully in case, for example, a command button had
> the focus when the timer event fires.
>
> Regards,
> Keith.
> www.keithwilby.com[/color]

[Darryl Kerkeslager]

Re: Where is the cursor !

"Filips Benoit" <benoit.filips@ pandora.be> wrote[color=blue]
> How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
> A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
> After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is![/color]

Assuming the cursor reference is a red herring, if all you want is to show
the active field, just set the conditional formatting of the field to yellow
when the "Field has focus" (assuming also that your version of Access has
conditional formatting).

--
Darryl Kerkeslager

Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Knowledge is power.
See www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927

[Filips Benoit]

Re: Where is the cursor !


Conditional formatting is the best sulution for me.

Thanks

"Darryl Kerkeslager" <kerkeslager@co mcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Filips Benoit" <benoit.filips@ pandora.be> wrote[color=green]
> > How to clearly show the active (cursor) field.
> > A very large form having about 100 inputfields.
> > After pausing input the user must see a once where the cursor is![/color]
>
> Assuming the cursor reference is a red herring, if all you want is to show
> the active field, just set the conditional formatting of the field to[/color]
yellow[color=blue]
> when the "Field has focus" (assuming also that your version of Access has
> conditional formatting).
>
> --
> Darryl Kerkeslager
>
> Power corrupts.
> Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
> Knowledge is power.
> See www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927
>
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