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Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:18 pm**

I am just getting started with PureBasic and have written a small windows program. After correcting some errors, the program compiles and runs fine with one small "niggle".

I am using a ListviewGadget and two ButtonGadgets. I can use the mouse or keyboard to move up and down the list and can use the mouse to activate the buttons. Using the TAB key, I can set focus to either of the buttons. I would like to be able to press the ENTER key when one of the buttons has focus and have it activate that button, but that does not work.

This is probably a dumb question, but is there some flag or setting that I am missing?

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:42 pm**

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OpenWindow(0,0,0,320,240,"",#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
CreateGadgetList(WindowID(0))
ListViewGadget(0,0,0,320,200)
ButtonGadget(1,0,210,160,20,"Button 1")
ButtonGadget(2,161,210,160,20,"Button 2")
Repeat
  EventID = WaitWindowEvent()
  Select EventID
    Case #WM_KEYDOWN
      If EventwParam() = #VK_RETURN
        If IsGadget(GetActiveGadget())
          If GadgetType(GetActiveGadget()) = #PB_GadgetType_Button 
            SendMessage_(GadgetID(GetActiveGadget()), #WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0,0)
            Delay(200)
            SendMessage_(GadgetID(GetActiveGadget()), #WM_LBUTTONUP, 0,0)
          EndIf
        EndIf
      EndIf
    Case #PB_Event_Gadget
      Debug EventGadget()
  EndSelect
Until EventID = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

You can send a #BM_CLICK message instead of the down-wait-up, but it won't provide the visual feedback you get with this version.

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:47 pm**

@netmaestro: Your code crashes if no button is active, but I don't see any error

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:50 pm**

Oh thanks I forgot a line, should be ok now.

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:25 pm**

@netmaestro: Thanks, your code worked great, but it left me with another issue .Here is my code:

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window_nr = OpenWindow(#PB_Any,0,0,250,180,"Calendar Year",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
If window_nr > 0
  window_id = WindowID(window_nr)
  CreateGadgetList(window_id)
  ListViewGadget(0,10,10,250,120)
  ButtonGadget(1,10,140,40,20,"Year")
  ButtonGadget(2,200,140,40,20,"Quit")
  defaultItem.l = FillListView(0,"G:BCAS.ini")
  SetGadgetState(0,defaultItem)
  SetActiveGadget(0)
  Repeat
    event = WaitWindowEvent()
    Select event
      Case #WM_KEYDOWN
        If EventwParam() = #VK_RETURN
          activeGadgetID = (GetActiveGadget())
          If IsGadget(activeGadgetID)
            If GadgetType(GetActiveGadget()) = #PB_GadgetType_Button
              SendMessage_(GadgetID(GetActiveGadget()), #WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0,0)
              Delay(200)
              SendMessage_(GadgetID(GetActiveGadget()), #WM_LBUTTONUP, 0,0)
            EndIf
          EndIf
        EndIf
      Case #PB_Event_Gadget
        Select EventGadget()
          Case 1  ;the "Year" button
            dbToOpen.s = "G:" + GetGadgetText(0) + "_AnimalServices.mdb"
            db = RunProgram(dbToOpen,"","",#PB_Program_Wait)
          Case 2  ;the "Quit" button
            End
        EndSelect
    EndSelect
  Until event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
Else
  MessageRequester("Information","Unable to open the window!")
EndIf
End

After returning from the external program none of my gadgets has focus. I thought inserting the line:

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 SetActiveGadget(0)

just aove the Case 2 statement would solve it, but it does nothing. If I press the TAB key once, then the ListView has focus and everything works normally again. Any ideas?

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:23 pm**

Here is another simple way of doing this Woodlark.
Probably a bit more native PB than Netmaestro's snippet but wont give you the visual feedback on the buttons being pressed, which I generally don't really care too much about anyways.

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Procedure Btn1press() 
 Debug "button 1" 
 SetActiveGadget(0)
EndProcedure 

Procedure Btn2press() 
 Debug "button 2" 
 SetActiveGadget(0) 
EndProcedure 

OpenWindow(0,0,0,320,240,"",#PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered) 
CreateMenu(0,WindowID(0)) 
AddKeyboardShortcut(0,#PB_Shortcut_Return,1) ;< keyboard shortcut 
CreateGadgetList(WindowID(0)) 
ListViewGadget(0,0,0,320,200) 
ButtonGadget(1,0,210,160,20,"Button 1") 
ButtonGadget(2,161,210,160,20,"Button 2") 

Repeat 
   Event.l=WaitWindowEvent() 
    If event=#PB_Event_Menu 
     Select EventMenu() ; < for keyboard shortcut 
      Case 1 
        Select GetActiveGadget() 
         Case 1 
          Btn1press() 
         Case 2 
          Btn2press()
        EndSelect 
     EndSelect 
    EndIf 
    If Event=#PB_Event_Gadget  
     Select EventGadget() 
      Case 1 
        Btn1press()
      Case 2 
       Btn2press() 
     EndSelect 
    EndIf  
Until Event=#PB_Event_CloseWindow

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:26 pm**

I've come across this issue in the past, there are difficulties associated with using #PB_Program_Wait when you have a window open that needs to be processing messages. The thing is, while it's waiting for the ran program (-runned?) to finish, the message loop is suspended. You can see firsthand the effect of this if you move the window around while it's waiting. Repaints don't happen. What I've done in previous programs is set a timer for 200 ms from now and do the focus in response to the timer:

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window_nr = OpenWindow(#PB_Any,0,0,250,180,"Calendar Year",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered) 
If window_nr > 0 
  window_id = WindowID(window_nr) 
  CreateGadgetList(window_id) 
  ListViewGadget(0,10,10,250,120) 
  ButtonGadget(1,10,140,40,20,"Year") 
  ButtonGadget(2,200,140,40,20,"Quit") 
  defaultItem.l = FillListView(0,"G:BCAS.ini") 
  SetGadgetState(0,defaultItem) 
  SetActiveGadget(0) 
  Repeat 
    event = WaitWindowEvent() 
    Select event 
      Case #WM_KEYDOWN 
        If EventwParam() = #VK_RETURN 
          activeGadgetID = (GetActiveGadget()) 
          If IsGadget(activeGadgetID) 
            If GadgetType(GetActiveGadget()) = #PB_GadgetType_Button 
              SendMessage_(GadgetID(GetActiveGadget()), #WM_LBUTTONDOWN, 0,0) 
              Delay(200) 
              SendMessage_(GadgetID(GetActiveGadget()), #WM_LBUTTONUP, 0,0) 
            EndIf 
          EndIf 
        EndIf 
      Case #WM_TIMER
        SetActiveGadget(0)
        KillTimer_(WindowID(window_nr), 1)
      Case #PB_Event_Gadget 
        Select EventGadget() 
          Case 1  ;the "Year" button 
            dbToOpen.s = "G:" + GetGadgetText(0) + "_AnimalServices.mdb" 
            db = RunProgram(dbToOpen,"","",#PB_Program_Wait) 
            SetTimer_(WindowID(window_nr),1,200,#Null)
          Case 2  ;the "Quit" button 
            End 
        EndSelect 
    EndSelect 
  Until event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow 
Else 
  MessageRequester("Information","Unable to open the window!") 
EndIf 
End

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:22 am**

Thanks for the help everybody!

netmaestro: The SetTimer solution was just what I needed.

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