mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) (02/02/91)
I have a question that I believe is real simple but I can't figure it out. I have a stack that is an interface for a VAX/GESCAN system that uses mactcp. It has a main field which displays what comes from the VAX and another field that is used as the command line. I would like the command line to always be active. The problem is that anytime data comes from the vax hypercard makes that the active field. How do I detect what is the active field? If the active field is not my command line I want to make it active. What I need is something like this: on idle check to see if data needs to be displayed and the display it check which field active if active field is not command line then make command line field active do other Idle stuff end idle I tried various things like using a global to check whether data has been processed and assuming that if so the the command line is not active so make it active. The problem is that data might be coming in as the user is typing the next command so what ever is used to make sure that the field is active, it can not change the selection or insersion point of the command field. This is real simple right? There must be some property that can tell me the currently active field. Thanks Matt -- ___________________________________________________________ Matthew Mora | my Mac Matt_Mora@QM.SRI.COM SRI International | my SUN mxmora@unix.sri.com ___________________________________________________________