RailwayKen
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Please accept apologies for a very long question...
I wish to display all the forms and reports (in a database with 40+ forms) as popups, just because I think the user interface will be better if the form windows are not bound to the main Access window.
Most of the forms are opened using an object variable array
It is common to have more than one instance of a form open at the same time (each instance displaying a different record-- and no, I doubt anyone actually opens 20 forms at once-- objFrm's size is arbitrary). When a new instance of a form is opened, it is placed in objFrm using the lowest spot in the array that is not already in use. The form's number in the object array is stored on each form in a hidden textbox named "objFrm".
Trouble is popup forms do not trigger a Form_Activate event and 9 of my forms use one. So I am trying to mimic a Form_Activate using other means.
I've tried trapping for various other Form events, but the only event that fires when switching between open popup forms is the GotFocus for a control in the activated form. So the best solution I have come up with is to place the following in a module
Then I would need to set the OnGotFocus property for each control in every form to:
"=GotFocus([objFrm])" ([objFrm] refers to a textbox on the form)
I have several hundred controls, so I could write code to set this property for me (nested For...Each loops, looping through every form in design mode, looping through each control).
I'm sure all of this would work, but it seems all this is beyond overkill as a way to replace nine Form_Activate events.
Surely someone has a better solution?
I wish to display all the forms and reports (in a database with 40+ forms) as popups, just because I think the user interface will be better if the form windows are not bound to the main Access window.
Most of the forms are opened using an object variable array
Code:
Public objFrm(19) as objectTrouble is popup forms do not trigger a Form_Activate event and 9 of my forms use one. So I am trying to mimic a Form_Activate using other means.
I've tried trapping for various other Form events, but the only event that fires when switching between open popup forms is the GotFocus for a control in the activated form. So the best solution I have come up with is to place the following in a module
Code:
Public PrevFrm as integer
Public Function GotFocus(f as integer)
[COLOR="SeaGreen"] 'If the previous control to have the focus is not
'on the same form as the control getting the focus,
'then I must have switched forms.[/COLOR]
If PrevFrm <> f then
PrevFrm = f
Select Case objFrm(f).name
Case "Form1"
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'Form Activate code for Form1[/COLOR]
Case "Form2"
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'Form Activate code for Form 2[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'Case ...[/COLOR]
Case Else
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'do nothing[/COLOR]
End Select
End if
End FunctionThen I would need to set the OnGotFocus property for each control in every form to:
"=GotFocus([objFrm])" ([objFrm] refers to a textbox on the form)
I have several hundred controls, so I could write code to set this property for me (nested For...Each loops, looping through every form in design mode, looping through each control).
I'm sure all of this would work, but it seems all this is beyond overkill as a way to replace nine Form_Activate events.
Surely someone has a better solution?
