SetFocus a Control...

[aaronking]

hello,

I have a textbox (txt1) and a command button (cmd1) and a number of user controls (usercontrol1 - usercontrol2 ...)

I want to be able to SetFocus the user control by clicking on the command button..

however, I want to SetFocus the usercontrol which is in the textbox..

eg. The Textbox might say '4' so I want to SetFocus usercontrol4


anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

[Thread1]

you can create an array of usercontrols. instead of pasting one usercontrol at a time into a form try to copy the usercontrol that's already pasted in the form, by repeating that procedure you can create an array of usercontrols. in that way, you can reference the control by index which is easy.

UserControls(0) ' referenced user control 1
UserControls(1) ' referenced user control 2
etc..

however, if you *really* want to reference a control by name, like typing the name in a textbox, check the function CallByName.. here is a sample code anyway..

Dim o As Usercontrol1
  Set o = CallByName(Me, "usercontrol" & txt1.text, VbGet)
  o.SetFocus
  Set o = Nothing

hope that helps

[WoF]

In any case you can use a Select Case statement.

Select Case txt1.Text
  Case "1"
     UserControl1.SetFocus
  Case "2"
     UserControl2.SetFocus
End Select

Obviously not the most elegant way to do it, but you can make a Case for every possible occurance.

[Comintern]

You can always just loop through the controls and test for a name match too:

    Dim oCont As Control
    
    For Each oCont In Me.Controls
        If LCase$(oCont.Name) = Trim$(LCase$(txt1.Text)) Then
            oCont.SetFocus
        End If
    Next oCont