PREVIOUS property [Revelation On-Line Wiki]

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====== PREVIOUS property ======


 
==== Applies To ====
 
Interactive controls.
 
==== Description ====
 
With Get_Property, returns the previous object in the controls tabbing order for the window. With Set_Property, sets the previous object in the controls tabbing order for the window. The reference point is from the specified control.

Use this property to dynamically restructure the tab order.
 
==== Usage ====
 
//previoustab// = **Get_Property**(//objectname//, "**PREVIOUS**")

existingprop = **Set_Property**(objectname, "**PREVIOUS**", objectname)
 
==== Remarks ====
 
Values passed in Set_Property:

^Value^Description^
|//objectname//|Control name to be prior in the tab chain.|
 
==== Returns ====
 
Values returned by both Get_Property and Set_Property:

^Value^Description^
|//previoustab//|Name of control that occurs just prior, in the tab chain.|
|//Existingprop//|Previous tab control, when Set_Property was run.|
 
==== See Also ====
 
[[next|NEXT property]]
 
==== Example ====
 
See the CREATE event for the TABBED_TEMPLATE form in the EXAMPLES application.