Never mind the complaints: JavaScript scripting is the best way forward for Microsoft Office and the Windows platform.

Is there a way to change the focus of a pre-existing window to make it the top window?

I thought about seting a variable, or putting the name of the control in a hidden text field,but that seems hackish.<BR><BR>There's got to be a built-in way to refer to the focus-having element of ...

JavaScript Event - Focus This code was written based on a template by John Resig. The original can be found at John Resig’s addEvent function website.

Microsoft is guiding developers toward HTML5 and JavaScript for Windows 8 app development. It turns out the company also is pushing these Web technologies as key to extending Office 15 and Office 365.