InstantForum 2017-1 FinalStrataFrame Forumhttp://forum.strataframe.net/StrataFrame ForumMon, 18 May 2026 15:05:36 GMT20http://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost28425.aspxI have an ultrawingrid in a groupbox.&nbsp; If I am in a dirty cell, then click save, the changes to the current dirty cell are not saved.&nbsp; As best I can tell this is because the buttons on the toolstrip do not actually get focus, so the lostfocus of the cell, grid, groupbox do not fire.<br/><br/>If I just put a button on the form and put Me.Save() in the click all is well and the dirty cell saves as shown.<br/><br/>So, I found the itemclicked event of the toolstrip and I can determine which button was clicked but setting focus to that button doesn't seem to be an option.&nbsp; <br/><br/>Is there an elegant way to fire a focus() if the choice is Save so that the cell will save properly?&nbsp; or should I just put my own save button over the save button on the toolbar (seems to come as a set with Undo) and then handle the enabling etc myself. ?<br/><br/>TIA<br/><br/>CharlesMon, 20 Sep 2010 08:15:28 GMTCharles R Hankeyhttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost28438.aspxThat was great, Charles.<br/><br/>I do have a small&nbsp;invisible textbox on my base form that I always make visible, set focus and make invisible in its &nbsp;BeforeSave method. That did the trick for me for all my forms.Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:15:28 GMTIvan George Borgeshttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost28429.aspxThought you might get a kick out of that.<br/><br/>I was looking for something *really* simple.&nbsp; Remembered that it was often necessary to not have a control get focus so you could escape from some field that wouldn't validate.&nbsp; Still don't know how they keep a maintenance strip from getting focus by default and was frankly a bit surprised to see that calling it explicitly works but so far seems to be the answer.&nbsp; ( and I really trust the guy who answered it ... ) Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:31:54 GMTCharles R Hankeyhttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost28428.aspxLOL, this from the guy who teased me about talking to myself on the F1 forums.<br/><br/>I was going to say you could always subclass your form and create a writebuffer method that the save calls :)Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:22:15 GMTRandy Jeanhttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost28426.aspxCharles, once again a particularly well explained and insightful question <span>:P</span><br/><br/>It seems setting focus to the toolstrip itself is the trick<br/><br/>This is now in the MaintenanceformToolStrip_itemClicked() event<br/><br/><span> If e.ClickedItem.Name = "cmdSave" then <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Me.MaintenanceFormToolStrip1.Focus()<br/> End If</span><br/><br/>and now it seems happy.&nbsp; If I click Save directly from a dirty cell the changes shown in the cell are retained.<br/><br/>( now when I forget how this works I can Search on the forum <span>:cool:</span> )Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:10:29 GMTCharles R Hankey