Hi all,
Does anyone know of a way to trap the Tab key from a text box (or any other
control for that matter). Microsoft seem to have stripped it out of the
KeyDown and KeyUp events for reasons best known to themselves. Basically I
need to know when the user has tabbed between two specific text boxes.
Thanks in advance.

Alex Tait
Force12 Solutions Ltd

I take it from your post that you specifically want to know when the user
presses the Tab key to go from Text1 to Text2 as opposed to clicking on
Text2, right? If all you wanted to know was when the text box got the focus,
you could use the GotFocus event. Sorry if that's "Well, DUH!" material to
you.

If the taborders of the textboxes and possibly other control are in increasing
order then.....To trap tabs out of Text1 do this.   Also look that the
documenation for WM_KILLFOCUS message for a control.

Global TabCancel as Boolean

Form_Load()
    TabCancel = False
End sub

Text1_GotFocus()
    'No code here

    If Not TabCancel Then
            'Some code for getfocus event
    Endif
    TabCancel = False
     'No code here
End sub

Text1_LostFocus()  
   If Activecontrol.TabOrder > Text2.Taborder then
        'Forward tab detected
    Else
        'Reverse Tab (Shift+Tab) detected
    Endif

    'Set TabCancel to true to keep the focus in
    'TabCancel = False
    'TabCance = True

    If TabCancel then Text1.SetFoucs
End sub