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How to Place Insertion Point at Far Left of Field on Entry

Article ID: 132677

Article Last Modified on 2/15/2000

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q132677

SUMMARY

When entering data, a user may click a field and end up placing the insertion point into the middle of the field instead of the beginning. This article describes a simple method a developer can use to ensure that the insertion point is always placed at the far left of a data entry field anytime it is entered.

MORE INFORMATION

In the Click Event of the object where this functionality is desired, type the following as a User Procedure:

   KEYBOARD '{HOME}'

This causes the insertion point (cursor) to always go to the far left upon entry of this object.

Additional query words: VFoxWin

Keywords: KB132677