moving into next input box without the use of tab key

[lampel 0]

hello all ,

i am a begginer at autoit , 

i have a gui with 18 input boxes ,

for added data input speed is it possible

that when the user input a 3 character long string into one of the input boxes

the curser will auto move to the next input box ,

this is what happens when i press the tab key but i dont want to use it 

what i do today : i enter 3 char data into one of the input boxes, then i press tab to move to the next input box

 

thanks lampel.

 

 

 

[JLogan3o13 973]

@lampel you have to decide what criteria tells the script to advance. For example, this snippet will advance once the max number of characters is reached in each input field.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <GuiEdit.au3>

    Local $sString = ""
    Local $hGUI = GUICreate("IP Address", 250, 100)
    Local $inpOct1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 40, 20, 50, 20)
        GUICtrlSetLimit(-1, 3)
    Local $inpOct2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 100, 20, 50, 20)
        GUICtrlSetLimit(-1, 3)
    Local $inpOct3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 160, 20, 50, 20)
        GUICtrlSetLimit(-1, 3)
    Local $btnGO = GUICtrlCreateButton("Go", 100, 60, 50, 25)

    GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "WM_COMMAND")
    GUISetState()

    While 1
        Switch GUIGetMsg()
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                Exit
            Case $btnGO
                $sString = GUICtrlRead($inpOct1) & "." & GUICtrlRead($inpOct2) & "." & GUICtrlRead($inpOct3)
                MsgBox(0, "IP Address is:", $sString)
        EndSwitch
    WEnd

Func WM_COMMAND($hWnd, $Msg, $wParam, $lParam)
    $nNotifyCode = BitShift($wParam, 16)
    $nID = BitAnd($wParam, 0x0000FFFF)
    Switch $nNotifyCode
        Case $EN_UPDATE
            If StringLen(GUICtrlRead($nID)) = 3 Then GUICtrlSetState($nID+1, $GUI_FOCUS)
    EndSwitch
EndFunc

 

[lampel 0]

Thank you so much JLogan3o13 , 

this is exactly what i wanted !

thanks lampel

[JLogan3o13 973]

Glad it worked for you