Bill, I'd try eliminating the exit closeField and the pass closeField from your handler as a first effort. I don't think either are needed in this case and may confuse the "focus" issue.
HTH, Joe Lewis Wilkins Architect & Director of Product Development for GSI <www.glsysinc.com> On May 3, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote: > I do a validity check on a field to see if the user entered a valid date. If > the user entered a valid date and presses TAB or RETURN the focus moves on to > the next field. However, if the user enters an invalid date I want to keep > the focus on the field to try again. > > This field script does everything correctly except that it doesn't set the > focus back on the field. What am I doing wrong? > > on closeField > if me is not a date then > answer error "Not a valid date. Retry?" with "No" or "Yes" > if it is "Yes" then > focus on me > exit closeField > end if > end if > pass closeField > end closeField _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
