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How do I force the focus to be on a text box in a tab page when the application gets loaded?

April 26, 2017application Box focus force loaded page Tab text

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How do I force the focus to be on a text box in a tab page when the application gets loaded?

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Listen to the Form’s Activate event and set focus on the text box (using the Focus method). The common mistake is to try to set Focus in the Form_Load event. This is not possible because no Controls are visible at this time and hence focus cannot be set at this time.