ACC2000: Previous/ActiveControl Name Property Not in Auto List

ID: Q197949

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2000

SYMPTOMS

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

You can use the ActiveControl property together with the Screen object to identify or refer to the control that has the focus. However, if you type Screen.ActiveControl or Screen.PreviousControl in a module or the Immediate window to view the properties that you can apply from the Auto List Members list, the Name property does not appear on the list.

RESOLUTION

To refer to the Name property of the Screen.ActiveControl or Screen.PreviousControl, you should create a variable and assign the name of the control to that variable. For example, the following sample piece of code is one way you could refer to the active control's name:


Dim ctlCurrentControl As Control
Set ctlCurrentControl = Screen.ActiveControl
  If ctlCurrentControl.Name = "txtCustomerID" Then
         ' Do this.
  ElseIf ctlCurrentControl.Name = "btnCustomerDetails" Then
         ' Do this.
End If

NOTE: Code that refers to Screen.ActiveControl or Screen.ActiveForm does not work correctly when called from the Immediate window because the Immediate window has the focus at that time. If no control has the focus when you use the Screen.ActiveControl property, or if all of the active form's controls are hidden or disabled, a run-time error occurs.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open a new database and create a new module.

Type the following procedure in the module:
```
Dim CControl as Control
Set CControl = Screen.ActiveControl. 
```
Note that the Name property does not appear in the Auto List Members list.

REFERENCES

For more information about the ActiveControl property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "ActiveControl" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: screen object

Keywords : kbdta AccCon
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb