Change MES Tab Stops

Epicor ERP 10
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What is the trick to make changes to the Tab Stop setting and Tab Index order in the MES screens?

In Epicor ERP 10.1.600.9 MES, I’ve created a customized “Start Production Activity” screen (from Base). I set some of the un-used fields to be Visible = False, and then I want to change the Tab Index order and the TabStop value (from False to True) for some of the fields. Each time I make the change, the TabStop value gets changed back to False and some of the fields I’ve set to Visible = False go back to being Visible = True.

What is the trick to modifying the MES screens? (Esp. Tab Order and TabStop values?) I see there is an old link on this topic where the person said they gave-up. Has anyone had any success with this?

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It’s a bit tricky. The tab stops are hardcoded based on EpiBinding.

Option 1: Break the epibinding of the controls (aka handle your own entry into the fields)
Option 2: Hijack the form by brute forcing their event handler through unsanctioned methods

Neither option is great.

Edit - another funky way might work based on the order of operations. OnEnter - remove the EpiBinding from the control, store it, then on OnLeave add the EpiBinding back