Modal Forms

[fergmj]

I have an app that looks like this:

Private Sub Form_Load()
Show 1 'setting the form as modal
SetFocus 'setting the focus to a text box on the form
EndSub

Here is the problem...

Once I declare the form as modal (Show 1) it never goes to the set focus step. It mves on the the rest of the script. If I unload the modal form, it then goes back to the line where I set the focus but obviously errors because it can't set the focus on something that I unloaded.

Any advice or tips?

Thanks
fergmj

 

[JohnYingling]

Yes, even when you SHOW yourself, execution stops at the SHOW. Try setting FOCUS the FIRST TIME that the ACTIVATE EVENT occurs or set a TIMER for 55 milliseconds and the SETFOCUS. I ALWAYS use ON ERROR RESUME NEXT ONERROR GOTO 0 around a SETFOCUS.
As soon as you UNLOAD, HIDE or ME.VISIBLE=FALSE, execution begins again after the SHOW. MODAL Forms can be messy if they are not kept simple.

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