Ignore input during popup

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Hi all,
I have a student check in screen where a main form is refreshed with the
timer every few seconds; when a user swipes their barcode card a popup screen
tells them they have successfully signed in. This screen is up for 3 seconds.
If someone tries to swipe in during this popup (We are talking about kids
here!) then the screen will display a random name from the database and it
may or may not log the student in correctly. Is there a way to lock or ignore
all input while the popup screen is open? The barcode reader is a keyboard
wedge type, so blocking or ignoring the keyboard would do the trick.
TIA,
Andy
 
Andy,
try it with the popup form opening with the acDialog argument.

Jeanette Cunningham
 
Hi Jeanette,
I'm using the following to open the popup:
DoCmd.OpenForm "Confirmation", , , , , , Me!Text24 & "|1|1|" & Me!
EVENT_ST_TIME & "|" & Me!EVENT_DESC

I use a little code to parse out the strings between the "|" in the args so
that the popup can display the student name and the class they just signed in
for. I don't understand how acDialog will prevent input while the popup is
open; can you explain it better please?
Thanks for helping!
Andy

Jeanette said:
Andy,
try it with the popup form opening with the acDialog argument.

Jeanette Cunningham
Hi all,
I have a student check in screen where a main form is refreshed with the
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TIA,
Andy
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Andy,
usually when a form is opened acDialog, all other forms and processes pause
until the acDialog form is closed or hidden.

DoCmd.OpenForm "Confirmation", , , , , acDialog , Me!Text24 & "|1|1|" & Me!
EVENT_ST_TIME & "|" & Me!EVENT_DESC

Jeanette Cunningham

steamngn via AccessMonster.com said:
Hi Jeanette,
I'm using the following to open the popup:
DoCmd.OpenForm "Confirmation", , , , , , Me!Text24 & "|1|1|" & Me!
EVENT_ST_TIME & "|" & Me!EVENT_DESC

I use a little code to parse out the strings between the "|" in the args
so
that the popup can display the student name and the class they just signed
in
for. I don't understand how acDialog will prevent input while the popup is
open; can you explain it better please?
Thanks for helping!
Andy

Jeanette said:
Andy,
try it with the popup form opening with the acDialog argument.

Jeanette Cunningham
Hi all,
I have a student check in screen where a main form is refreshed with the
Click to expand...
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
TIA,
Andy
Click to expand...
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