This need was established by developing VB applications for 3270mainframe apps. A user typing in a 3270 edit field is automaticallyplaced into the next field once reaching the maximum number ofcharacters for the field:
Code:Sub Text1_KeyUp (keycode As Integer, _ Shift As Integer)If keycode > 47 And keycode < 123 _ Then 'Only advance if they have just typed 'a number or character.If Len(Me.ActiveControl.Text) = _ (Me.ActiveControl.MaxLength) Then SendKeys "{TAB}", TrueEnd IfEndifEnd Sub