Tab Index for Protected Form Fields

[Curtis G]

Greetings,

I am trying to set up a Word Protected Form using Word 2003. I've run into
the issue of the tabindex. I've tried the advice at the following link in
using an 'OnExit' Macro from
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/SetTabOrder.htm, which works for the
tab key wonderfully, but I am looking for a solution that will allow the user
to click on the field or use shift-tab to go backwards a field. The 'GOTO'
macro essentially overwrites this functionality as it always goes to the next
hard-coded field regardless of what is pressed.

What I am looking for is a way to check whether shift-tab or a mouse click
was what initiated exiting the field, and if that is not the case, run the
macro.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Curtis G

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

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Greetings,

I am trying to set up a Word Protected Form using Word 2003. I've run
into the issue of the tabindex. I've tried the advice at the
following link in using an 'OnExit' Macro from
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/SetTabOrder.htm, which works
for the tab key wonderfully, but I am looking for a solution that
will allow the user to click on the field or use shift-tab to go
backwards a field. The 'GOTO' macro essentially overwrites this
functionality as it always goes to the next hard-coded field
regardless of what is pressed.

What I am looking for is a way to check whether shift-tab or a mouse
click was what initiated exiting the field, and if that is not the
case, run the macro.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

As far as I know, you cannot detect that type of event with Word VBA.
The OnExit macro gets called, whichever way the exit happens.

 

[Gordon Bentley-Mix on news.microsoft.com]

Curtis,

The OnExit event has no awareness of the process (tab, shift+tab, mouse
click) used to invoke it. Therefore, what you are asking for is not possible.
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Cheers!

Gordon Bentley-Mix
Word MVP

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