Keyboard move after enter

[Arturo Villar]

In a continuos form, ¿how can I get that the Enter on a field changes to the same field, next record, and not to the next field (moving vertically and not horizontally)?
I found an example that changes the behaivor of the Enter Key to "Don't move":

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    If KeyCode = 13 Then
        KeyCode = 0
    End If
End Sub

But I need to move to the next record of the same field (move down). I tried to set KeyCode = vbKeyDown but also this key move to the next field (moves right). ¿What should I set the KeyCode?

[TheSmileyCoder]

Try looking at modifying the Tab Order as well as the Tab Stop property.

The Tab stop will indicate whether focus will move to that control or not, when you press tab (and also when you press enter I believe).

The tab order indicates the order in which the tab key moves around the form.

You also need to look at the cycle property and see whether its set to "Current Record" or "All Records", this indicates when pressing Tab whether or not the cycling should move to the next record, when at the last control.

[NeoPa]

Try out :

'Form_KeyDown only runs if the form's .KeyPreview property is True.
Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    Dim intWrk As Integer
 
    If KeyCode = vbKeyReturn Then
        'No reliable way to determine if we're already on the last record.
        On Error Resume Next
        If Not Me.NewRecord Then Call DoCmd.GoToRecord(Record:=acNext)
        On Error GoTo 0
        KeyCode = 0
    End If
End Sub

I would advise handling the Shift value too if you want your code to work intuitively for the operator.

[Arturo Villar]

@TheSmileyCoder: Thank you for your answer, but the problem is that I need this behavior with all the columns: Column #1: Rec #1, #2, #3, Then Column #2: Rec #1, #2, #3 and so on.
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@NeoPa: Thank you! That was exactly what I needed!

[NeoPa]

Arturo, responding politely to all comments in your thread is a good way to get yourself a good reputation around here. Nice start :-)

PS. I'm pleased that worked for you.

[Arturo Villar]

NeoPa, Thank you again! You saved me many work hours!

[TheSmileyCoder]

Im pleased that NeoPa's solution worked for you. I was originally contemplating whether to include code similar to Neo's in my post but decided to start by keeping it simple. I sometimes have a tendency to "oversolve" and thus overcomplicate issues. :)

[Arturo Villar]

TheSmileyCoder, Thank you for your interest.