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add-ins loosing focus (kind of) when using combobox
what is going on, i have a dll that has combobox. when i try to write for example letter "f" into the combobox sw does "zoom to fit" while the focus is still on the form. and it's the same with all shortcuts. amazing, and not very nice. using vs 2008 express and sw07.
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markku
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edited: 03/29/2008 at 06:19 pm by markku v lehtola
silly question; but is the focus on the combobox, or on the model?
if it is in the combobox, i'll need to see the code snippet that is called when you focus on the combobox and when you type in the combobox.
-anthony
i am conviced anything can be done in solidworks api.
solidworks 7.0 sp2.2
vb.net
there's no code related, you just have a form and combobox there. api support knows this bug, they recommend some kind of "windows hook". can't believe this. my friend told that i have to use .net framework 3.5 to make it work, but it just doesn't.
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markku
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edited: 03/30/2008 at 11:20 am by markku v lehtola
i see, well good luck.
anthony
i am conviced anything can be done in solidworks api.
solidworks 7.0 sp2.2
vb.net
it happens because the combobox does not technically catch keyboard hooks as standard, it delegates it to the form, which then selects the appropriate item.
if you were in .net 3.5 you can cause the combobox to capture the events itself.
originally posted by: luke malpass
if you were in .net 3.5 you can cause the combobox to capture the events itself.
ok, sounds good, but how to do it? i'm not an expert you know.
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markku
cswp-05

one way is to set the accessiblerole to "text", so the parent treats its focus and access like a textbox, not a combobox.
the other option is to set the imemode to on to cause it to be treated as a input that can be edited and so merits focus.
still no luck!
i have sw07, sw08, vs 2005, vs 2008, frameworks 2, 3 and 3.5 on my pc. dll is made with vs 2008 + framework 3.5 and tested with sw07, but guess what...
it works ok with sw08!
so there's some kind of problem with sw07...
anyway, it would be nice to have it in sw07 because i'm still using it at work...
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markku
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looks like sw is using the lowest level global keyhook for it them. bug in that case. short of hooking into all events for solidworks and filtering your application first, i cant suggest anything else sorry.
answer got the answer, it was a bug, api support told that it should have been fixed in sw06, well it wasn't. it is fixed in sw08.
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markku
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quick