"Paul Whitham" <paul@valleybiz.net> wrote in message news:<c5g80q$bul$1@forums.macromedia.com>...
> I have spent most the day trying to create an input form that would have
> taken me 10 minutes to write in CFM, but I am determined to make it work.
>
> The latest issue is that I can not get the flash to tab properly and hope
> that someone can tell me what I am doing wrong.
>
> The file is using forms with the following structure
>
> Application
> - display
>
> On this sheet are 10 input fields each given a name. In the action script I
> have written the following to try to bring focus to the first field
>
> //set the initial focus
> focusManager.setFocus(_root.application.display.firstName_ti);
>
> and then have entries like this
>
> _root.application.display.firstName_ti.tabEnabled =true;
> _root.application.display.lastName_ti.tabEnabled =true;
> _root.application.display.address_ti.tabEnabled =true;
> _root.application.display.firstName_ti.tabIndex =1;
> _root.application.display.lastName_ti.tabIndex =2;
> _root.application.display.address_ti.tabIndex =3;
>
> the problem is that they do not work. The firstbox does not get the focus
> when the flash opens, and the tab key does not work at all.
>
> The strange thing is that if this section of code is removed, the file will
> allow tabbing but only between the first 3 boxes added to the file.
>
> This is happening even when viewing the file in the browser.
>
>
> --
> regards
>
> Paul Whitham
> Valleybiz Internet Design
> www.valleybiz.net
>
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