AUTOENTER Property

8.7C, PLBCMP GUI Only

The AUTOENTER property controls the automatic entry state of an object. The property uses the following format:

AUTOENTER={value}

Note the following:

AUTOENTER may be used in CREATE, SETPROP, or GETPROP statements for EDITTEXT, EDITNUMBER, EDITDATETIME or RICHEDITTEXT objects.
The AUTOENTER action does not occur if data is keyed at any but the last position of the field as determined by the MAXCHARS property value.
The AUTOENTER action does not occur in overtype mode.
If the state is ON, EDITTEXT objects automatically tab to the next object in the tab sequence when the following conditions occur:

The object is a single line edit object.

The MAXCHARS property is set to a non-zero value.

The user keys the last character in the edit field as determined from the MAXCHARS property

If the state is ON, EDITNUMBER objects automatically tab to the next object in the tab sequence when the number is completed using the keyboard.

If a number has decimal digits, it is considered complete when all of the decimal digits have been entered.

If the value has no decimal digits, all of the integer digits must be entered.

{value} is a decimal number, a Numeric Variable, an Expression, or a keyword as defined in PLBEQU.INC. The supported values and keywords are: