From: "Guido Konsolke" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle Subject: Re: D2K trouble! Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 08:24:29 +0200 Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie Lines: 28 Message-ID: <1052115465.642789@news.thyssen.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 149.211.49.31 X-Trace: goliath.news.is-europe.net 1052115870 15884 149.211.49.31 (5 May 2003 06:24:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@is-europe.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 May 2003 06:24:31 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Cache-Post-Path: news.thyssen.com!unknown@170.56.164.197 X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) "Sharad" wrote... > Hey there folks ! > > I am working on Developer forms, and I have this problem..Its trivial, > so Im thinking one of you pros out there wud be able to help me > out...After displaying a 'STOP' style alert, I want the cursor to > remain in the same text field (Lets say, Im doing a validation on the > number of characters in a password, the alert should pop up,and after > pressing OK button, the cursoe should reposition itself in the same > field, and erase the previous entry. In my case, the cursor moves away > to the next field. > > HELP please ! > > ~ Sharad Hi Sharad, i presume you do this validation in a when-validate-item trigger. This trigger fires when the cursor already left the felt, so it has lost the focus. If you want the cursor to be in the password item after your alert, you have to navigate it manually. hth, Guido