Author: Jonas Bilinkevicius


How to programmatically shift focus to the next control

Answer:

To shift focus from one control to the next in the tab order without using the tab 
key, set the KeyPreview property of the parent form to True and drop the following 
into the OnKeyPress of the first control (and every control you want to "exit" with 
the [programmer specified] key).

1   if Key = chr(XXX) then
2     SendMessage(form1.Handle, WM_NEXTDLGCTL, 0, 0);


XXX = the ASCII code of a Key (e.g. ENTER = 13)