ACC: In a Report, Close Event Occurs Before Deactivate Event

• Microsoft Access versions 2.0, 7.0, 97

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

The sequence of the Deactivate and Close events for a Microsoft Access form are the reverse of the Close and Deactivate events in a Microsoft Access report.

MORE INFORMATION

When you close a form, the following sequence of events occurs for the form:

   Unload => Deactivate => Close

   Close => Deactivate

Steps to See this Behavior in a Form

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in Microsoft Access 2.0).

2. Open the Employees form in Design view.

3. Set the form's OnDeactivate property to the following event procedure:

         Private Sub Form_Deactivate()
           MsgBox "Deactivate event"
         End Sub
   
   

4. Set the form's OnClose property to the following event procedure:

         Private Sub Form_Close()
            MsgBox "Close event"
         End Sub
   
   

5. Save and close the form.

6. Open the Employee form in Form view.

7. Close the form.

   Note that the Deactivate message appears before the Close message.

Steps to See this Behavior in a Report

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in Microsoft Access 2.0).

2. Open the Customer Labels report in Design View.

3. Set the report's OnDeactivate property to the following event procedure:

         Private Sub Report_Deactivate()
           MsgBox "Deactivate event"
         End Sub
   
   

4. Set the report's OnClose property to the following event procedure:

         Private Sub Report_Close()
            MsgBox "Close event"
         End Sub
   
   

5. Save and close the report.

6. Open the Customer Labels report in Print Preview view.

7. Close the report.

   Note that the Close message appears before the Deactivate message.

REFERENCES

To find more information about events and their sequence, search the Help Index for "sequence of events", or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.