>Why are you using an editbox not a textbox? With a textbox you can program the scanner to send CHR(13) at the end of scanned barcode and it will move cursor to the next textbox w/o extra code.
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>>I'm attempting to use a barcode scanner to fill an editbox. Once filled I would like to shift the focus to another editbox for a second scan. I'm attempting to do this without the operator having to push any keys. The change of focus needs to be delayed for the edit1 to populate completely.
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>>I believe the code would be placed in the interactive change (edit1) and look something like this
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>> if thisform.edit1.value > "1000"
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>> thisform.edit2.focus? =.t.
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>> endif
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>>Thank you for your help!


Thanks Sergey, how simple, I missed that completely.