.NET (Core and Framework)

msmits wrote:

his problem happens with ANY exe, mine or anyone else's.

msmits wrote:

Just to make it stranger, if I start the application rapidly many times in a row, *some* instances actually stay alive.

Tristan Rhodes wrote:

I have a situation where on selecting a different node in a tree view, i'd like to focus on a seperate control and have that focus bubble up to the primary text box so that it can be edited straight away

Tristan Rhodes wrote:

I've got an app composed of a moderately complicated control hierachy

Tristan Rhodes wrote:

There are a number of similar style controls (View / Editor combo)

Tristan Rhodes wrote:

These form a composite control

Tristan Rhodes wrote:

I'm trying to get the manager control to handle the Selected event in the tree view / list and pass the focus to the editor control

Control ctrlToActivate;

void timer1_tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if (ctrlToActive == null) return;
   ctrlToActivate.Select();
   ctrlToActivate = null;
}

void tree_afterSelect(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
{
  /* 
   Here you need to map the selected node to a control you wish to activate.
   This is also a good place to hide or display elements of the UI. 
   For my test, I used a tab control, tagged each node in the tree with the index
   of the associated tab page, and always activate the first textbox on the tab page.
  */

   tabControl1.SelectedIndex = int.Parse(e.Node.Tag.ToString());
   foreach (Control c in tabControl1.SelectedTab.Controls)
      if (c is TextBox) { ctrlToActivate = c; return; }
}