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int SetActiveCtrl (int panelHandle, int controlID);

Purpose

Sets the active control on the specified panel.

The active control is the control that receives keyboard events when the panel is the active panel.

Parameters

Input
Name	Type	Description
panelHandle	integer	Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You obtain this handle from LoadPanel, NewPanel, or DuplicatePanel.
controlID	integer	The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by NewCtrl or DuplicateCtrl.

Return Value

Name	Type	Description
status	integer	Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.