How to bypass Valid event of a Textbox 2

[Rajesh Karunakaran]

Hi Team,

I have a textbox and a command button in a form. The command button is to exit from the form. Textbox has some code in its Valid method. It invokes a help list (another form) if the textbox value is empty. Now, when the focus is in the textbox and when I click the command button, the Textbox Valid fires and the help list is shown. I have to then exit from the help list and once again click on the command button.

Is there anyway to avoid this second click?

I mean, something like to identify if I click on the command button when the focus is on the textbox and then to bypass the Valid event firing and directly run the command button code.

Thanks
Rajesh

 

[Rajesh Karunakaran]

Hi Team,

After going through all the suggestions and options, I have done the following and it seems most of the problems are solved.
1. Took off the help-list activation from the VALID of the text box.
2. Kept a '?' button next to the text box, clicking which will launch my help list.
3. Added 'F5' key trap in KeyPress event of the text box which would call the ? button's 'Click' event thereby launching the help-list.

Now, my Close button also does its job without any issue.

Thank you very much for your valuable time once again.
Rajesh

 

[Mike Lewis]

Glad you've got it solved, Rajesh, and thanks for letting us know.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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