Autocomplete in code editor

[pa3329]

I'm not sure what you call it but I call it auto-complete; the functionality that gives you a list of methods/commands when you are typing something like Me.Forms. When you type the Me. after the . it will bring up a list for you to see what you can do from there. That works fine for me but when I do the following: "CoCmd." the list will popup for a brief moment (much less than half of a second) which does not let me view the possible methods. Is this normal? If not does anybody have any idea how I might be able to fix it short of reinstalling MS Office (that is NOT an option).
Thanks,
Aaron

I wasn't sure if it should go in this section or the VB section. I apologize if it is in the wrong section.

 

[pbaldy]

I think the feature you're describing is called intellisense. I've seen that behavior when an open form has a timer event running. Make sure any such forms are closed (or in design view).

 

[pa3329]

That doesn't make a difference. Thanks for the reply though!
Aaron

 

[ghudson]

Seen it happen when a PC is low on system resources. Rebooting would fix it for me. Rarely seen it with Windows XP computers.

As mentioned above. An open form running a timer will do exactly what you have described.

 

[pa3329]

I definitely am not running low on resources (2gb of ram) and I don't have any forms open when I am coding not to mention I don't have any forms with timers. It only happens with the DoCmd command.

 

[boblarson]

Have you tried using the menu - EDIT / QUICK INFO (Ctrl+I) or EDIT / COMPLETE WORD (Ctrl+Space)?

 

[Keith Nichols]

A couple more shortcuts to add to the list:

Properties & methods: Edit/Lists/Properties & Methods Ctrl+J

Constants: Edit/List/Constants Ctrl+Shift+J

Hope this is of some help.