I am not aware of alternatives in this case.
>Hi Hilmar,
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>>But, looking back at your message, I am thinking the following: I never saw the need to use the MOUSE command, especially since the existence of VFP. For example, to activate a CommandButton ... In summary, perhaps other alternatives are better than the MOUSE command.
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>I agree with you with the lone exception of needing to place a user in a textbox/combobox that sits in a toolbar control. As an example, consider the Style or Font controls found in MS Word's toolbar. There are keystroke shortcuts that move keyboard focus to these toolbar controls to change style, font name, and font size (Ctrl+Shift S, F, P). I would like to offer the same keyboard functionality for specific toolbar controls as well.
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>The only way I can come up with for "setting keyboard focus" to a toolbar hosted control is to MOUSE CLICK AT.
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>Open to other techniques or comments on how wise this practice is.
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>Thanks!
>Malcolm
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