No respose to 'Enter Key'

[Michael4040]

Hi

Just swapped to IWBasic after many years with PB and have run into a problem straight away.

Why doesn't the following designer generated code respond to the 'Enter Key'

Michael

Complete code:

'@@INCLUDE - Designer generated, do not edit
$MAIN
$INCLUDE "EnterKey.inc"
$INCLUDE "globals.iwb"
'@@

OpenMainWindow()
ProcessAll()
END


SUB OpenMainWindow()
'@@CREATE_main
   OPENWINDOW main,0,0,757,393,@SIZE|@MINBOX|@MAXBOX|@CAPTION|@SYSMENU,0,"Form2",&main_handler
'@@
'@@ICON
'@@
'@@CTRL_INIT_main
   CONTROL main,@EDIT,"Edit 1",255,95,151,25,@CTEDITAUTOH,main_EDIT1
'@@
'@@INIT_main
   SETFONT main,"MS Sans Serif",8,400,0
   SETWINDOWCOLOR main, RGB(255,255,255)
   FRONTPEN main, RGB(0,0,0)
   SETFONT main,"MS Sans Serif",8,400,0,main_EDIT1
   SETCONTROLCOLOR main,main_EDIT1,RGB(0,0,0),RGB(255,255,255)
   CENTERWINDOW main
'@@
'@@INITFORMS
'@@
'@@INITMENU
'@@
'@@MENUHANDLERS
'@@
'@@TOOLBAR
'@@
'@@TOOLBARHANDLERS
'@@
'@@HANDLERS_main
   ONMESSAGE main,@IDCLOSEWINDOW,&OnMainClose
   ONCONTROL main,main_EDIT1,@ENENTERKEY,&OnEnterKey_main_EDIT1
   ONCONTROL main,main_EDIT1,@ENCHANGE,&OnChange_main_EDIT1
'@@
ENDSUB

SUB main_handler(),INT
   SELECT @MESSAGE
      CASE @IDSIZE
'@@TBSIZE
'@@
   ENDSELECT
   RETURN FALSE
ENDSUB

SUB ProcessAll()
   WAITUNTIL ISWINDOWCLOSED(main)
ENDSUB

SUB OnMainClose(),INT
'@@ICONCLOSE
'@@
'@@TOOLBARCLOSE
'@@
   CLOSEWINDOW main
   RETURN FALSE
ENDSUB

'@@TABCONTROL
'@@

SUB OnEnterKey_main_EDIT1(),INT   
   'TODO: write handler code
   Messagebox (0, "Enter key", "Testing", @MB_OK|@MB_ICONINFORMATION)
   RETURN FALSE
ENDSUB

SUB OnChange_main_EDIT1(),INT
   'TODO: write handler code
   Messagebox (0, "Character input", "Testing", @MB_OK|@MB_ICONINFORMATION)
   RETURN FALSE
ENDSUB

[LarryMc]

From the help file section Windows programming > Controls > Using Edit Controls

Notification messages
@ENENTERKEY
The user has pressed the ENTER key while the control has input focus. Only sent if enabled by the SETCONTROLNOTIFY command.

Your solution is to add the following line

SETCONTROLNOTIFY(main,main_EDIT1,0,1)

in the location shown below.

Code Select Expand

'@@INIT_main
  SETFONT main,"MS Sans Serif",8,400,0
  SETWINDOWCOLOR main, RGB(255,255,255)
  FRONTPEN main, RGB(0,0,0)
  SETFONT main,"MS Sans Serif",8,400,0,main_EDIT1
  SETCONTROLCOLOR main,main_EDIT1,RGB(0,0,0),RGB(255,255,255)
  CENTERWINDOW main
'@@
SETCONTROLNOTIFY(main,main_EDIT1,0,1)      '<<================
'@@INITFORMS

Note: My initial thought is that this line of missing code should have been added automatically when you made the selection in the Message Handler dialog.
This also applies to the TabKey.
I need to study things a bit so as to make sure by adding the code automatically I'm not going to create another problem.

Thanks for reporting the issue and furnishing the code for me to check.

[Michael4040]

Thanks Larry, all is well now.

Michael

[LarryMc]

Automatically adding the code mentioned above when the parent is a WINDOW is no problem.

However, when the parent is a DIALOG the enter and tab keys have  a different function.

If the code is auto added in both WINDOWS and DIALOGS then in order to make dialogs work "normally" the user would have to make an additional manual entry to override the corresponding automatic entry.

I feel in the long run it will be less confusing to leave things as they are.

For reference see:
http://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php?topic=5304.msg39714#msg39714
http://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php?topic=1585.msg14640#msg14640
http://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php?topic=2998.msg24759#msg24759