Can You Get Focus Of A Hidden Control?

[fmen]

I work on an MDI application with the main frame being a wordprocessing window. For some reason, it takes two clicks on this frame in order to get focus. I hate that. I am trying to write a small script that would allow a single click focus.

Unfortunately, all of the controls on the WP frame are hidden and there are a lot of them. The control that would seem to be the most important to obtain focus is probably "TRichEdit1".

So,

ControlFocus ("Application", "", "TRichEdit1")

and

ControlClick ("Application", "", "TRichEdit1")

do not work. (The caret does not move to the window frame)

Is there any way of getting focus of a hidden control?

Thanks

Edited November 1, 2005 by fmen

[BigDod]

I am not sure if I understand correctly but here goes.

Try using WinActivate

[fmen]

I am not sure if I understand correctly but here goes.

Try using WinActivate

WinActivate will activate the entire MDI "Application", not the the area in question.

Is there any way of getting focus of a hidden control?

[herewasplato]

Grasping at straws here....

What does ControlEnable followed by a ControlFocus do for you?

[BigDod]

If you are trying to write to a part of the application you could always try ControlSend.

[fmen]

WinActivate will activate the entire MDI "Application", not the the area in question.

Is there any way of getting focus of a hidden control?

Yes!!!

ControlEnable seems to do the trick. Thanks.

[herewasplato]

...ControlEnable seems to do the trick. Thanks.

You are welcome.

I've never used ControlEnable - so it truely was grasping at straws for me...