In VB,
a) Set the Form.KeyPreview property to True
b) Add an event procedure like this to your form:
Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    If KeyAscii = 13 Then
        KeyAscii = 0
        SendKeys "{Tab}"
        Exit Sub
    End If
End Sub

Eric Garza (Not a Fox guy:)

How do you use the keypress event to use Enter key instead of Tab key to
move to the next field?

Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    If KeyAscii = 13 Then
        KeyAscii = 0
        Text2.setfocus
    End If
End Sub

I never recomend sendkeys they are flakey to say the least

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If you don't want to use Sendkeys set the active-control enabled = false
and in the next line enabled = true.

So the focus went to next control with the tabstop = true.

example:

two Textfields on a form

Text1.Tabindex=1 and text2.tabindex=2

if the focus is on text1 and you put this code into the keydown or keypress
event of the textfield you'll get the focus on text2:

public sub text1_keydown(keyascii as integer (???))

    if keyascii=vbkeyreturn then
        me.text1.enabled=false
        me.text1.enabled=true
    end if

end sub

best regards
Alex

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ich wnsche noch nen bug-freien Tag!
i'll wish you a bug-free day!

David,

I've been using that technique for over a year since VB5 on many
applications and have had no problems at all.
Could you please elaborate on what the SendKeys problems are for you?

Regards,
Eric Garza