Can you tell me y u need the id of the control? As i told earlier, that "Microsoft Forms 2.0 OptionButton" active x will be created with out an id. But MFC internally keeps the id of the control. check the COleControlSite::FindItemfunction() for more details. nave [OpenedFileFinder]

One option would be to dynamically set the WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME extended style on each control as it receives the focus. As it loses focus, you would then need to clear it. Software Zen: delete this; Fold With Us![^]

What I wanted was moving the focus of my keyboard to another place as soon as the number of charactors in the editbox reaches 3. And I think what you told me can solve my problem. Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot!

Refer to this article http://www.codeproject.com/system/ShutDownAlarm.asp or u can use API InitiateSystemShutdown();

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You could try to post your form view a special message, that once recieved, will set the focus for you, after the formview has initialized. Once you are out of an 'init' handler, like OnInitDialog it is easy to set the focus to any control you want. The default handlers almost always try to set one for you, which as you have discovered is not always convenient.

What Alok said, with the addition that you can use int id = ::GetWindowLong(::GetFocus(), GWL_ID); if you'd like to stay win32. -- Schni Schna Schnappi! Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp!