When should Activate happen?

[Randy Harris]

I'm working with Access 2K and seem to be getting some behavior that
contradicts the documentation. First, the help says:

"Note The Activate event doesn't occur when a form receives focus back
from a dialog box, popup, or another form."

This doesn't seem to be the case. The form activate consistently fires when
focus moves from another form.

Secondly, the activate event for a report. I am seeing it fire consistently
if I open the report acViewPreview, but never if I open the report
acViewNormal. I can find no mention of this discrepancy in the docs.

Am I missing something here, or are the docs wrong?

Randy

[fredg]

On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 02:39:24 GMT, Randy Harris wrote:

I'm working with Access 2K and seem to be getting some behavior that
contradicts the documentation. First, the help says:

"Note The Activate event doesn't occur when a form receives focus back
from a dialog box, popup, or another form."

This doesn't seem to be the case. The form activate consistently fires when
focus moves from another form.

Secondly, the activate event for a report. I am seeing it fire consistently
if I open the report acViewPreview, but never if I open the report
acViewNormal. I can find no mention of this discrepancy in the docs.

Am I missing something here, or are the docs wrong?

Randy

In a report, the Activate ONLY fires in Preview, never in Print.
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[Randy Harris]

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I'm working with Access 2K and seem to be getting some behavior that
contradicts the documentation. First, the help says:

"Note The Activate event doesn't occur when a form receives focus back
from a dialog box, popup, or another form."

This doesn't seem to be the case. The form activate consistently fires when focus moves from another form.
I'm still looking for an answer. Am I wrong or is the documentation? Or,
are there conditions where it won't fire?

Randy
Secondly, the activate event for a report. I am seeing it fire consistently if I open the report acViewPreview, but never if I open the report
acViewNormal. I can find no mention of this discrepancy in the docs.

Am I missing something here, or are the docs wrong?

Randy