If I am in a combobox, is there are way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
I would like to make a decision at the combobox control about what
control
was clicked outside that box.
ThankYou
16  1370 
On 9 Apr 2006 09:18:08 -0700, Ap******@gmail.com wrote: If I am in a combobox, is there are way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
I would like to make a decision at the combobox control about what
control
was clicked outside that box.
ThankYou
Code a suitable ComboBox event:
If Screen.PreviousControl.Name = "SpecificControlName" then
etc........
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Fred
Please respond only to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal e-mail
Thankyou for your response Fred.
I'm not sure? But I believe your suggestion
implies that I have to leave the combobox to
get my answer, and this is what I do not want
to do. Am I correct?
is this a continuation of your question in last night's post titled "Require
Combobox Entry"? if so, i think salad's code, with a small revision, will
accomplish your goal of preventing the user from entering data in other
controls until a value is entered in the combo box control - while allowing
the user to exit the form entirely, without entering a value in *any*
control. try the following revised code in the combo box's AfterUpdate
event, as
Dim ctl As Control
For Each ctl In Me.Controls
If ctl.ControlType = acTextBox Then
ctl.Locked = IsNull(Me.Combo0)
End If
Next
hth
<Ap******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11********************@u72g2000cwu.googlegrou ps.com... If I am in a combobox, is there are way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
I would like to make a decision at the combobox control about what
control
was clicked outside that box.
ThankYou
On 9 Apr 2006 10:16:41 -0700, Ap******@gmail.com wrote: Thankyou for your response Fred.
I'm not sure? But I believe your suggestion
implies that I have to leave the combobox to
get my answer, and this is what I do not want
to do. Am I correct?
Wouldn't this have been more quickly answered had you just tried it?
No you are not correct.
For instance, you can place the code in the combo box Enter event.
--
Fred
Please respond only to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal e-mail
Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into coding
with access so please be patient. I appreciate the work-around option
offered by Salad in an earlier post and have used something similar
before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The Serial#
combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So asking for the
Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
THANKYOU AGAIN
"Ap******@gmail.com" <Ap******@gmail.com> wrote in
news:11*********************@e56g2000cwe.googlegro ups.com: Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into
coding with access so please be patient. I appreciate the
work-around option offered by Salad in an earlier post and
have used something similar before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The
Serial# combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So
asking for the Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
You have not experience enough with Access to have mastered the
concept in fredg's response, and that is that the moment you
have clicked outside the combobox you are outside the combobox.
Fredg's code returns you to the combobox.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which
control was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually
leave the combobox?
you might as well ask "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
(old Zen koan)
--
Bob Quintal
PA is y I've altered my email address.
well, to answer your specific question: AFAIK, no.
hth
<Ap******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11*********************@e56g2000cwe.googlegro ups.com... Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into coding
with access so please be patient. I appreciate the work-around option
offered by Salad in an earlier post and have used something similar
before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The Serial#
combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So asking for the
Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
THANKYOU AGAIN
Take another look at your previous post ---
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news:11*********************@e56g2000cwe.googlegro ups.com... Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into coding
with access so please be patient. I appreciate the work-around option
offered by Salad in an earlier post and have used something similar
before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The Serial#
combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So asking for the
Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
THANKYOU AGAIN
PC D wrote: Take another look at your previous post ---
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On 9 Apr 2006 11:03:43 -0700, Ap******@gmail.com wrote: Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into coding
with access so please be patient. I appreciate the work-around option
offered by Salad in an earlier post and have used something similar
before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The Serial#
combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So asking for the
Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
THANKYOU AGAIN
Why didn't you state that it was the first control to get focus in
your first message, or even when you replied to my first message?
Even in this message, just before the "THANKYOU AGAIN", you DO NOT
STATE that it was the first control. We are not mind readers!
All you need do is trap the resulting errors.
Place the following in the Combo Box's Enter event:
Private Sub ComboBoxName_Enter()
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
If Screen.PreviousControl.Name = "SomeControl" Then
' Do Something Here
Else
' Do somthing else here
End If
Exit_Sub:
Exit Sub
Err_Handler:
If Err = 2483 Or Err = 2467 Then
Else
MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Number & " " & Err.Description
End If
Resume Exit_Sub
End Sub
When done, your code should look just like this example, except the
name of your combo box will be where I have "ComboBoxName".
AND ...
Where I have written
If Screen.PreviousControl.Name = "SomeControl" Then
you will replace "SomeControl" with the name of the control and you
will write the action you wish to perform. You haven't said what it
is.
When opening the form no error will be generated, nor will any action
be done.
Only upon re-entering the combo box will the action be performed.
--
Fred
Please respond only to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal e-mail
Personally I'd design the user interface better... ie. only show the
combobox, or split it over diff forms or pages only going the the second
setion once a value has been entered.
... or something like that.
fredg wrote: On 9 Apr 2006 11:03:43 -0700, Ap******@gmail.com wrote:
Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into coding
with access so please be patient. I appreciate the work-around
option offered by Salad in an earlier post and have used something
similar before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The
Serial# combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So asking for
the Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the
combobox?
THANKYOU AGAIN
Why didn't you state that it was the first control to get focus in
your first message, or even when you replied to my first message?
Even in this message, just before the "THANKYOU AGAIN", you DO NOT
STATE that it was the first control. We are not mind readers!
All you need do is trap the resulting errors.
Place the following in the Combo Box's Enter event:
Private Sub ComboBoxName_Enter()
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
If Screen.PreviousControl.Name = "SomeControl" Then
' Do Something Here
Else
' Do somthing else here
End If
Exit_Sub:
Exit Sub
Err_Handler:
If Err = 2483 Or Err = 2467 Then
Else
MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Number & " " & Err.Description
End If
Resume Exit_Sub
End Sub
When done, your code should look just like this example, except the
name of your combo box will be where I have "ComboBoxName".
AND ...
Where I have written
If Screen.PreviousControl.Name = "SomeControl" Then
you will replace "SomeControl" with the name of the control and you
will write the action you wish to perform. You haven't said what it
is.
When opening the form no error will be generated, nor will any action
be done.
Only upon re-entering the combo box will the action be performed.
--
regards,
Br@dley
In response to Br@dley.
I have spent too much time trying to get my original ideas to work.
I am now just going to build an input dialogbox containing the
Serialnumber ComboBox. This way I have control the entry in isolation.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Ap******@gmail.com wrote: In response to Br@dley.
I have spent too much time trying to get my original ideas to work.
I haven't followed your threads closely, though the
screen.previouscontrol does what you want.
However, one needs to ask oneself if I am trying to swim from Europe to
North America is it impossible to do? If I am having difficulty and
someone throws me a life bouy am I being silly by saying "no I've spent
too much time trying to make it across, I'll continue" even if it means
certain drowning?
If someone realizes you are trying to get through a brick wall by
banging your head against it and tells you, would you continue banging
your head?
Just a couple of analogies to consider...
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/#) "Burp-beep, burp-beep, burp-beep?" - Quaker Jake
/^^ "What's UP, Dittoooooo?" - Ditto
Unfortunately Marshall, in my case your analogy applies to my effort to
get the
screen.previouscontrol to work. If your interested in tossing the
lifering, show
some specific code. This will satisfy more than here!
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:35:20 GMT, "tina" <no****@address.com> wrote: well, to answer your specific question: AFAIK, no.
Top-posted or no, IAWTina.
I have no idea what fredg is on about. Seems he is looking at things
backwards from what the OP clearly wrote up. And (some) others are
echoing fredg's opinion. Perhaps they should take fredg's advice and
put together a sample before singing his praises and heaping scorn on
the OP.
Look to a variation on Salad's code to do what you want and ignore
this whole thread.
Jim
<Ap******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11*********************@e56g2000cwe.googlegr oups.com... Thankyou all very much for your responses! I am 2-months into coding
with access so please be patient. I appreciate the work-around option
offered by Salad in an earlier post and have used something similar
before.
I have tried Freds suggestion but it does not work for me. The Serial#
combobox
is the first control entered when the form starts up. So asking for the
Screen.PreviousControl.Name does not work.
What I specifically want to do, is what I originally asked:
If I am in a combobox, is there a way of determining which control
was clicked outside the combobox, before I actually leave the combobox?
THANKYOU AGAIN
Ap******@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately Marshall, in my case your analogy applies to my effort to
get the
screen.previouscontrol to work. If your interested in tossing the
lifering, show
some specific code. This will satisfy more than here!
Ahh, OK good, I'm glad. 8)
I don't have anything specific to offer, unfortunately. I was just
generally concerned about sticking with an approach that might not be
fruitful. There are many people I've seen here who are just like me, in
that we are often too stubborn to give up on something... 8)
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