Microsoft KB Archive/180846

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FIX: TabStop Property Does Not Work

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Q180846

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

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SYMPTOMS
Setting the TabStop property of a control to False has no affect.

RESOLUTION
Use one of the following workarounds:

  Use the LostFocus event of the control preceding the control to be skipped in the Tab order. In the LostFocus event procedure, set the focus to the next control in the desired Tab order.

In the following example, there are three CommandButtons in Tab order Sequence (Command1, Command2, and Command3); it is suggested that you skip Command2:

     Private Sub Command1_LostFocus Command3.SetFocus       'skip Command2 End Sub  Add a dummy control, such as a CommandButton, and set its size to be very small to effectively hide it. (The Visible property must remain "True.") Set the TabIndex property to ensure it precedes the control to be skipped in the Tab order. Add code to its GotFocus event procedure to send the focus to desired control.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was corrected in Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.
 * 2) Add three CommandButtons to Form1.
 * 3) Set the second CommandButton's TabStop property to False.
 * 4) Press the F5 key to run the project. Pressing the TAB key will tab the focus from one button to the other, but the second CommandButton should not get the focus because its TabStop property is set to False.