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From: Norbert_Unterberg@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org (Norbert Unterberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Can I use EN_KILLFOCUS for field-checking?
Message-ID: <1569357096@p4.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org>
Date: 27 May 91 09:33:00 GMT
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Reply-To: Norbert_Unterberg%p4.f36.n245.z2@hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Norbert Unterberg)
Organization: Point of SoftStream, Dortmund, Germany
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Comment-To: Paul_Bonneau@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Paul Bonneau)


 > >
 > >MessageBeep(0);
 > >SetFocus(hwndCtrl);
 > >SendDlgItemMessage(hDlg, nCtrlID, EN_SETSEL, 0, MAKELONG(0,32767));
 > >
 > The problem is that you are trying the set the focus back on
 > a kill focus notification.  SetFocus() is *not* reentrant, and
 > things will get truly screwed up.

You can use this way of checking, but you must replace thwe GetFocus(...)
with
PostMessage(hDlg, WM_NEXTDLGCTL, GetDlgItem(hDlg, nCtrlID), (LONG)TRUE);

Norbert
Dortmund, Germany