>I have a frame which contains several controls. I want to set the focus to
>the first active control from the frame (ie the control with the lowest
>tabindex, which can get the focus). I can give a control the focus with the
>SetFocus method, but how do I know which control should get this focus? Note
>that there can be in this frame controls which act as a container for other
>controls, so it could also be one of these. I started with a routine which
>enumerates over all controls of the frame container, but this doesn't find
>the controls which are again part of a container (ex another frame). Is
>there an easy method to accomplish this task?

>Thanks in advance.

>Peter Notebaert

>peno1<at>mail<dot>com

> Can you do away with the main frame and use a picture box instead ?
> If so, you could set focus to the picturebox, then sendkey in a tab.
> picMain.SetFocus
> SendKeys "{TAB}"

> >I have a frame which contains several controls. I want to set the focus
to
> >the first active control from the frame (ie the control with the lowest
> >tabindex, which can get the focus). I can give a control the focus with
the
> >SetFocus method, but how do I know which control should get this focus?
Note
> >that there can be in this frame controls which act as a container for
other
> >controls, so it could also be one of these. I started with a routine
which
> >enumerates over all controls of the frame container, but this doesn't
find
> >the controls which are again part of a container (ex another frame). Is
> >there an easy method to accomplish this task?

> >Thanks in advance.

> >Peter Notebaert

> >peno1<at>mail<dot>com

> Regards, Frank