Re : Auto select string control

[Giuseppe999]

I have a text input box that appears to the user for information to be entered - this will be done via a barcode reader, however it does not work because in order to enter the text (barcode) a user must select the string control box where the text is to be enter - my question therefore is how do I automatically select the text entery box, pressing the tab key also works so is there a way of sending the {tab} command to the VI?

Thanks 

[R3g · Accepted solution]

If your question is how to attribute a focus to your control, the solution is a proprity (right click on your control>>create>>property node>>Keyfocus).

Cdt 

[jcarmody]

You can find some discussion about sending keys by searching this forum.   I found a useful download here (in this discussion thread).  You could also set the focus to your string control with a "KeyFocus" property node.

Jim