one field on a winforms, validate not firing

9 Dec 2006 3:42 AM

Jeff Jarrell

I have one textbox on a form. Nothing else. The validate event doesn't
fire. Drop another textbox on the form and the validate event fires. Set
tabstop = false on the 2nd text box and the validate event on textbox1
doesn't fire again.

I now it sounds silly with only one tab stop but it is for a barcode
scanner. scan, scan, scan, esc. Thats it.

help... I need a work around.

9 Dec 2006 5:33 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Jeff,

I use the leave event if the validate event does not what I want.

Cor

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"Jeff Jarrell" <jjarrel_NOSPAM@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
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>I have one textbox on a form. Nothing else. The validate event doesn't
>fire. Drop another textbox on the form and the validate event fires. Set
>tabstop = false on the 2nd text box and the validate event on textbox1
>doesn't fire again.
>
> I now it sounds silly with only one tab stop but it is for a barcode
> scanner. scan, scan, scan, esc. Thats it.
>
> help... I need a work around.
>
>
>

9 Dec 2006 6:18 PM

Jeff Jarrell

Ok, sounds good.

Thanks,
jeff

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"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> Jeff,
>
> I use the leave event if the validate event does not what I want.
>
> Cor
>
> "Jeff Jarrell" <jjarrel_NOSPAM@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
> news:%23U1DXR0GHHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have one textbox on a form. Nothing else. The validate event doesn't
>>fire. Drop another textbox on the form and the validate event fires. Set
>>tabstop = false on the 2nd text box and the validate event on textbox1
>>doesn't fire again.
>>
>> I now it sounds silly with only one tab stop but it is for a barcode
>> scanner. scan, scan, scan, esc. Thats it.
>>
>> help... I need a work around.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

9 Dec 2006 7:19 AM

RobinS

The validate event doesn't fire unless you leave the textbox,
like if you tab out of it. In my update forms, when they hit
Save, I invoke the validate event myself me.Validate() in
case they have changed the textbox they are sitting in and
didn't tab out of it.

Hope this helps.
Robin S.
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"Jeff Jarrell" <jjarrel_NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have one textbox on a form. Nothing else. The validate event doesn't
>fire. Drop another textbox on the form and the validate event fires. Set
>tabstop = false on the 2nd text box and the validate event on textbox1
>doesn't fire again.
>
> I now it sounds silly with only one tab stop but it is for a barcode
> scanner. scan, scan, scan, esc. Thats it.
>
> help... I need a work around.
>
>
>