Another Dumb Field Problem!

[David Burgun]

>My pleasure,
>
>Use this wording:
>
>   Select before field 1

Thanks a lot for this,


>That will place the cursor at the top of the field. The difference
>between our two scripts is that your method is using the field number,
>and my method is using the field name. For my method to work, the fields
>have to actually be named with the same first word, such as "myField 1"
>, "myField 2" , etc...
>
>Using field number is ok, as long as their layer properties correspond
>to their vertical location in the group. If you go into the group after
>you have created it, and add a new field that is located between two
>other fields, then be sure to reset their layer properties so that they
>correspond to their vertical location in the group. Otherwise, you will
>wind up jumping to the wrong field.
>
>By the way, my original script can be modified so that you can have
>other fields in the same group that are not part of the series. I tested
>this script, and it works perfectly. I will send the test stack to you
>offlist, so you can see how it is implemented:
>
>On tabkey
>   Put the short name of the target into tField
>   Put word 1 of tField into tFieldName
>   Put word 2 of tField into tFieldNumber
>   Put 0 into tFieldCount
>   Repeat with X = 1 to the number of fields in me
>     If word 1 of the short name of field X of me = tFieldName then add 1
>to tFieldCount
>   End repeat
>
>   If the shiftkey is down then
>    If tFieldNumber > 1 then
>      Subtract 1 from tFieldNumber
>    Else
>      Put tFieldCount into tFieldNumber
>    End if
>   Else if the commandkey is down then
>     If the selectedfield <> empty then
>       Put Tab into the selection
>       Exit tabkey
>     End if
>   Else
>     If tFieldNumber < tFieldCount then
>       Add 1 to tFieldNumber
>     Else
>       Put 1 into tFieldNumber
>     End if
>   End if
>   Put tFieldName && tFieldNumber into tNewField
>   Select before field tNewField of me
>End tabkey


This is a much better way of doing it. I was trying to get something 
like this but couldn't quite get there! Thanks Again!

All the Best
Dave