Arrow Keys

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nobody

Hi,

I need to be able to navigate between fields in a form by using the arrow
keys (up, down, left, and right). Does anyone know how to do this? Your
help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Phil
 
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From: Allen Browne - view profile
Date: Mon, Jul 5 2004 8:43 am
Email: "Allen Browne" <[email protected]>
Groups: microsoft.public.access.formscoding
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Below is what we use to use the up/down arrow keys to move record in a
continuous form.

----------------------------code starts-------------------------
Public Sub ContinuousUpDown(frm As Form, KeyCode As Integer)
On Error GoTo Err_ContinuousUpDown
'Purpose: Respond to Up/Down in continuous form, by moving record,
' unless the active control's EnterKeyBehavior is on.
'Usage: Call ContinuousUpDown(Me, KeyCode)
Dim sForm As String


sForm = frm.Name


Select Case KeyCode
Case vbKeyUp
If ContinuousUpDownOk Then
'Save any edits
If frm.Dirty Then
RunCommand acCmdSaveRecord
End If
'Go previous: error if already there.
RunCommand acCmdRecordsGoToPrevious
KeyCode = 0 'Destroy the keystroke
End If


Case vbKeyDown
If ContinuousUpDownOk Then
'Save any edits
If frm.Dirty Then
frm.Dirty = False
End If
'Go to the next record, unless at a new record.
If Not frm.NewRecord Then
RunCommand acCmdRecordsGoToNext
End If
KeyCode = 0 'Destroy the keystroke
End If
End Select


Exit_ContinuousUpDown:
Exit Sub


Err_ContinuousUpDown:
Select Case Err.Number
Case 2046, 2101, 2113, 3022, 2465 'Already at first record, or save
failed, or The value you entered isn't valid for this field.
KeyCode = 0
Case Else
Call LogError(Err.Number, Err.Description, "ContinuousUpDown()",
"Form = " & sForm)
End Select
Resume Exit_ContinuousUpDown
End Sub
Private Function ContinuousUpDownOk() As Boolean
On Error GoTo Err_ContinuousUpDownOk
'Purpose: Suppress moving up/down a record in a continuous form if:
' - control is not in the Detail section, or
' - multi-line text box (vertical scrollbar, or
EnterKeyBehavior true).
'Usage: Called by ContinuousUpDown.
Dim bDontDoIt As Boolean
Dim ctl As Control


Set ctl = Screen.ActiveControl
If ctl.Section = acDetail Then
If TypeOf ctl Is TextBox Then
bDontDoIt = ((ctl.EnterKeyBehavior) Or (ctl.ScrollBars > 1))
End If
Else
bDontDoIt = True
End If


Exit_ContinuousUpDownOk:
ContinuousUpDownOk = Not bDontDoIt
Set ctl = Nothing
Exit Function


Err_ContinuousUpDownOk:
If Err.Number <> 2474 Then 'There's no active control
Call LogError(Err.Number, Err.Description, conMod &
"ContinuousUpDownOk()")
End If
Resume Exit_ContinuousUpDownOk
End Function
-----------------------------code ends--------------------------


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Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.

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Stephen Lebans
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