SetFocus Problem

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Sharkbyte

I am experiencing an issue where I call a form, as a dialog. When the 2nd
form has completed its work, I call a function that may include setting a
number of buttons, on the first form, to Enabled = False.

When I do this I am continually stopped by one button, where I am told that
I cannot change its status, because it has Focus.

I have tried moving the focus earlier in the same code snippet. I have
tried moving the focus BEFORE calling the form. Nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

TIA

Sharkbyte
 
You just need to move the focus to another control before you set enabled =
false on that control.
If you have any buttons that don't get enabled = false (that would be a good
choice)

Sounds like you had the right idea (look at the code more closely).

I do this all the time and run into this issue all the time,
Mark
 
Mark:

Thanks for your reply; however, I mentioned in my first email that I moved
focus before the line of code. (This would be the standard, first thing to
do...)

Here is a sample of the code. The ** line is where the problem occurs. The
## line is the line it stops at if I comment out the first problem...

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdClose].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddFee].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote1].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote2].Enabled = Fals
**[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdAddInvoicePart].Enabled = False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdDeletePart].Enabled =
False

##[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice4]![cmdDeleteServiceFee].Enabled = False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdAddMisc].Enabled =
False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdDeleteMisc].Enabled =
False
 
As a guess you need to change the focus on the subform
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]
so it's not on button
cmdAddInvoicePart

You are just changing focus on the main form.

If that doesn't work let me know I'll look deeper.

Mark



Sharkbyte said:
Mark:

Thanks for your reply; however, I mentioned in my first email that I moved
focus before the line of code. (This would be the standard, first thing
to
do...)

Here is a sample of the code. The ** line is where the problem occurs.
The
## line is the line it stops at if I comment out the first problem...

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdClose].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddFee].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote1].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote2].Enabled = False
**[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdAddInvoicePart].Enabled
= False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdDeletePart].Enabled
=
False

##[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice4]![cmdDeleteServiceFee].Enabled
= False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdAddMisc].Enabled =
False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdDeleteMisc].Enabled
=
False


Mark Andrews said:
You just need to move the focus to another control before you set enabled
=
false on that control.
If you have any buttons that don't get enabled = false (that would be a
good
choice)

Sounds like you had the right idea (look at the code more closely).

I do this all the time and run into this issue all the time,
Mark




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Mark:

I had thought of this, as well. No joy.

I did; however, find a workaround. I modified each button to check the same
value I was using to determine the Enabled flag. If the value is correct,
then I Exit Sub rather than processing the code.

The button remains Enabled...it just doesn't do anything.

Thanks for your ideas.


Mark Andrews said:
As a guess you need to change the focus on the subform
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]
so it's not on button
cmdAddInvoicePart

You are just changing focus on the main form.

If that doesn't work let me know I'll look deeper.

Mark



Sharkbyte said:
Mark:

Thanks for your reply; however, I mentioned in my first email that I moved
focus before the line of code. (This would be the standard, first thing
to
do...)

Here is a sample of the code. The ** line is where the problem occurs.
The
## line is the line it stops at if I comment out the first problem...

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdClose].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddFee].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote1].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote2].Enabled = False
**[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdAddInvoicePart].Enabled
= False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdDeletePart].Enabled
=
False

##[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice4]![cmdDeleteServiceFee].Enabled
= False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdAddMisc].Enabled =
False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdDeleteMisc].Enabled
=
False


Mark Andrews said:
You just need to move the focus to another control before you set enabled
=
false on that control.
If you have any buttons that don't get enabled = false (that would be a
good
choice)

Sounds like you had the right idea (look at the code more closely).

I do this all the time and run into this issue all the time,
Mark

I am experiencing an issue where I call a form, as a dialog. When the
2nd
form has completed its work, I call a function that may include setting
a
number of buttons, on the first form, to Enabled = False.

When I do this I am continually stopped by one button, where I am told
that
I cannot change its status, because it has Focus.

I have tried moving the focus earlier in the same code snippet. I have
tried moving the focus BEFORE calling the form. Nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

TIA

Sharkbyte


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If you want to shoot me a sample db with the original problem, I'll take a
look.
I don't think your workaround is needed (although it works and not too bad).

See contact info (email) on my site
Mark
RPT Software
http://www.rptsoftware.com




Sharkbyte said:
Mark:

I had thought of this, as well. No joy.

I did; however, find a workaround. I modified each button to check the
same
value I was using to determine the Enabled flag. If the value is correct,
then I Exit Sub rather than processing the code.

The button remains Enabled...it just doesn't do anything.

Thanks for your ideas.


Mark Andrews said:
As a guess you need to change the focus on the subform
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]
so it's not on button
cmdAddInvoicePart

You are just changing focus on the main form.

If that doesn't work let me know I'll look deeper.

Mark



Sharkbyte said:
Mark:

Thanks for your reply; however, I mentioned in my first email that I
moved
focus before the line of code. (This would be the standard, first
thing
to
do...)

Here is a sample of the code. The ** line is where the problem occurs.
The
## line is the line it stops at if I comment out the first problem...

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdClose].SetFocus
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdChangePO].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddFee].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote1].Enabled = False
[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![cmdAddNote2].Enabled = False
**[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdAddInvoicePart].Enabled
= False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice9]![cmdDeletePart].Enabled
=
False

##[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice4]![cmdDeleteServiceFee].Enabled
= False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdAddMisc].Enabled
=
False

[Forms]![frmcreateinvoice]![subfrmCreateInvoice11]![cmdDeleteMisc].Enabled
=
False


:

You just need to move the focus to another control before you set
enabled
=
false on that control.
If you have any buttons that don't get enabled = false (that would be
a
good
choice)

Sounds like you had the right idea (look at the code more closely).

I do this all the time and run into this issue all the time,
Mark

I am experiencing an issue where I call a form, as a dialog. When
the
2nd
form has completed its work, I call a function that may include
setting
a
number of buttons, on the first form, to Enabled = False.

When I do this I am continually stopped by one button, where I am
told
that
I cannot change its status, because it has Focus.

I have tried moving the focus earlier in the same code snippet. I
have
tried moving the focus BEFORE calling the form. Nothing seems to
work.

Any ideas?

TIA

Sharkbyte


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