Re: unexpected beeps from edit control


"Dan Gordon" <DanGordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have multiple edit controls in a non-dialog window, and I want to use the
> tab key to cycle the keyboard focus between them. I have this working,
> except that every time the tab key is pressed there is a beep. As near as I
> can tell the beep is emitted before I ever receive WM_KEYDOWN. Is this
> normal? Can I stop it?

Don't do the focus election in the WM_KEYxxx handler. In your message
loop, call IsDialogMessage before you call TranslateMessage and
DispatchMessage.

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