Don't know as I can help you a lot with the depression-movement,
but you can use this as the first line of your OnClick procedure to take
care of the whole "caption" highlighting:
screen.activecontrol.sellength=0
Of course you can use the name of your control instead of
screen.activecontrol
if you like...
HTH
"Armando" <armando@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message
news:8tBFd.2778$925.259982@news1.epix.net...[color=blue]
> Yeah, after I posted that, I kept trying other things. I used GoToRecord[/color]
on[color=blue]
> the Form itself, and was able to hit each line separately, read values,
> etc - but as soon as I named one button, they all took it. That's when I
> knew it was a dead end, and gave up for the night.
>
> I did initially try a bound textbox, made it raised and grey, etc - but I
> liked the "click" depression-movement a real button makes. And, I didn't
> like that the caption highlights in black, with a flashing cursor, when[/color]
you[color=blue]
> click the textbox (I tried all four combinations of Enabled and Locked to
> get rid of it but couldn't). So, I dropped the textbox approach in hopes[/color]
of[color=blue]
> doing it with a button, and my scattered successes in that area kept me
> focused there. Now that I have a second opinion that the button won't cut
> it, I guess that's my answer. BTW - I don't remember having trouble[/color]
making[color=blue]
> it disappear (just gotta move the focus somewhere else first), but maybe I
> hadn't gotten that far the first time.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Armando
>
> "MacDermott" <macdermott@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:lQtFd.5406$KJ2.3211@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net...[color=green]
> > You've got a number of issues going on here:
> > If you put a button on a continuous form, its caption will always be[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > same for each record.
> > If you want the text displayed on a control to vary from record to[/color][/color]
record,[color=blue][color=green]
> > you MUST use a control which is bound to the underlying recordset. A
> > textbox might be a good choice for this, especially because:
> > 1. You can set its control source to be controlled by the specific[/color]
> record.[color=green]
> > 2. You can set its locked property to True if needed, so that it can't[/color][/color]
be[color=blue][color=green]
> > edited directly.
> > 3. You can set its borderstyle to raised, so it looks a bit like a[/color]
> button.[color=green]
> > 4. Using conditional formatting, while you can't quite make it[/color][/color]
disappear,[color=blue][color=green]
> > you can disable it if certain conditions are met by that record.
> > 5. A textbox has an OnClick event which can be programmed much like a
> > button's.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > "Armando" <armando@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message
> > news:pghFd.2759$925.258035@news1.epix.net...[color=darkred]
> > > I recently saw the tail end of a "Continuous forms" discussion, but[/color][/color][/color]
not[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > enough was available to see if this will be a PITA repeat question.[/color][/color]
> Sorry[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > if it is.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On a form with its Default View set to Continuous Forms, I need to[/color][/color][/color]
catch[color=blue][color=green]
> > the[color=darkred]
> > > event when the repeating section iterates for each record in the[/color]
> > underlying[color=darkred]
> > > table. I have buttons on the repeating section which will get their
> > > captions from the current line in the table, or which will disappear[/color][/color]
> when[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > its data is blank. So, I need a useful event to hang some code on, so[/color]
> > that[color=darkred]
> > > I can refer to the controls on the current line while I still have the
> > > context. I have tried using a subform on the repeating section (so I[/color][/color]
> can[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > try to use its OnOpen event), but it's not allowed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe it's something I have to do AFTER all the lines are shown? Open[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > form as a recordset and move through it? Any ideas welcome!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Then I have to figure out which record the user is in when a button is
> > > pressed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Armando
> > >
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]
