SftMask.TabAdvance Property	Softel vdm, Inc.

Defines whether the Tab key advances to the next input field in the edit control.

Syntax       

	Get
		VB.NET	Boolean = object.TabAdvance  As Boolean
		VB	Boolean = object.TabAdvance  As Boolean
		C#.NET	bool Boolean = object.TabAdvance;
		VC++	VARIANT_BOOL Boolean = object->TabAdvance; VARIANT_BOOL Boolean = object->GetTabAdvance();
		C	HRESULT object->get_TabAdvance(VARIANT_BOOL* Boolean);
		Delphi	Boolean := object.TabAdvance   : WordBool;
	Put
		VB.NET	object.TabAdvance = Boolean  As Boolean
		VB	object.TabAdvance = Boolean  As Boolean
		C#.NET	bool object.TabAdvance = Boolean;
		VC++	VARIANT_BOOL object->TabAdvance = Boolean; void object->PutTabAdvance(VARIANT_BOOL Boolean);
		C	HRESULT object->put_TabAdvance(VARIANT_BOOL Boolean);
		Delphi	object.TabAdvance := Boolean   : WordBool;

object

A SftMask object.

Boolean

Defines whether the Tab key advances to the next input field in the edit control.

Boolean	Description
True	Enables tabbing within the control.
False	Disables tabbing within the control.

Comments

The TabAdvance property defines whether the Tab key advances to the next input field in the edit control.

Depending on the input mask, it may be desirable to allow the user to tab between different input fields within one Masked Edit control. For example, when entering dates, the user may wish to tab between Month, Day and Year fields. The TabAdvance property can be used to enable this feature.

If TabAdvance is set to True, the Tab key will advance or back up (Shift+Tab) the caret location to the next input field (see Keyboard & Mouse Interface). If the caret location is already at the end (or beginning) of the input data, the input focus will move to the next (or previous) control on the form instead.

The TabAdvance property has no effect if the control is used as a simple edit control (without Mask).

The TabAdvanceLast property can be used to control whether the Tab key advances to the last position in the control or to the next control instead.