F8 disabled in Access/Visual Basic

[Guest]

For some reason the F8 button, which in Visual Basic used to do the StepInto,
is disabled.
How do I get it functioning again?

 

[Guest]

Verify that you have not removed a check in the Tools > Startup option that
reads "Use Access Special Keys". If you find it unchecked, re-select this
item, then quit Access and re-start.


Tom

http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
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For some reason the F8 button, which in Visual Basic used to do the StepInto,
is disabled.
How do I get it functioning again?

 

[Guest]

Verify that you have not removed a check in the Tools > Startup option that
reads "Use Access Special Keys". If you find it unchecked, re-select this
item, then quit Access and re-start.


Tom

http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
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For some reason the F8 button, which in Visual Basic used to do the StepInto,
is disabled.
How do I get it functioning again?

Thank you, but no: the "Use Access Special Keys" is checked.

 

[Guest]

Verify that you have not removed a check in the Tools > Startup option that
reads "Use Access Special Keys". If you find it unchecked, re-select this
item, then quit Access and re-start.


Tom

http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
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For some reason the F8 button, which in Visual Basic used to do the StepInto,
is disabled.
How do I get it functioning again?

Thank you, but no. The "Use Access Special Keys" is checked.

 

[Guest]

Is your cursor within a procedure (subroutine or function) when you attempt
to press the F8 key? Does the procedure require a parameter? In that case, F8
will not work. For example, you cannot use F8 to step into this function,
because it requires that you supply a parameter:

Function IsLoaded(ByVal strFormName As String) As Boolean
' Returns True if the specified form is open in Form view or Datasheet view.
Dim oAccessObject As AccessObject

Set oAccessObject = CurrentProject.AllForms(strFormName)
If oAccessObject.IsLoaded Then
If oAccessObject.CurrentView <> acCurViewDesign Then
IsLoaded = True
End If
End If

End Function



Also, is there any chance that you disabled it using an Autokeys macro?

Tom

http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
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Thank you, but no. The "Use Access Special Keys" is checked.
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Verify that you have not removed a check in the Tools > Startup option that
reads "Use Access Special Keys". If you find it unchecked, re-select this
item, then quit Access and re-start.


Tom

http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
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For some reason the F8 button, which in Visual Basic used to do the StepInto,
is disabled.
How do I get it functioning again?

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

For some reason the F8 button, which in Visual Basic used to do the
StepInto, is disabled.
How do I get it functioning again?

Are you sure the procedure you're trying to step into is in a standard
module, not a form, report, or other class module?

 

[Guest]

Thank you again, but it also is not the solution.
There are no procedures in the database that do somthing with F-keys.
Fact is, this happens not only in one database. Loading Access and then
defining a new database gives the same: No recatiuon to F8. Otheer F-feys do
what the are supposed to do.
It might be that some user of my conputer defined F8 from outside Access and
therefore Acces cannot get it back.
Joop

 

[Guest]

Rhank you, yes, it happens (or rather: does not happen) in all modules.
..
Fact is, this happens not only in one database. Loading Access and then
defining a new database gives the same: No recatiuon to F8. Otheer F-feys do
what the are supposed to do.
It might be that some user of my conputer defined F8 from outside Access and
therefore Acces cannot get it back.
Joop

 

[Allen Browne]

Joop, do you have one of those keyboards that has an F-Lock key?

Just checking it's not something that simple. If you do have, replacing the
keyboard with a decent one would be the long-term solution.

 

[Guest]

Do you have the free Adobe Acrobat reader utility installed? If so, start
this program. Do you observe anything happening when you press the F8 key
(you should see the toolbar toggle between hidden and displayed).

Tom
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[Guest]

No, I have a "normal" key board.
Thanks for trying.
Joop

 

[Guest]

Good idea to try it on other applications to see if it works there.
I have Acrbate Professional. F8 does not work there.
So it seems to be some settings of the computer itself.
This may be a good indication, but how to go about now?
Thanks for your persistent attention anyway.
Joop

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

Good idea to try it on other applications to see if it works there.
I have Acrbate Professional. F8 does not work there.
So it seems to be some settings of the computer itself.
This may be a good indication, but how to go about now?
Thanks for your persistent attention anyway.

Is your keyboard programmable? If so, is there a utility to map the
keys, and can you run that utility and check to see if the F8 key has
been remapped?

If you simply swap in a different keyboard, does the F8 key work on that
keyboard? I've known certain keys to just stop working, either because
the keyboard is broken, or because there's gunk under the key.

 

[Guest]

Like Dirk, I'm starting to believe that your keyboard has seen it's better
days. Try temporarily swapping in a different keyboard on your PC, or take
your keyboard and put it on another PC. This quick test should help to
eliminate whether there are any settings on the computer itself.

Good Luck,
Tom
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Good idea to try it on other applications to see if it works there.
I have Acrbate Professional. F8 does not work there.
So it seems to be some settings of the computer itself.
This may be a good indication, but how to go about now?
Thanks for your persistent attention anyway.
Joop

 

[Guest]

My keyboerd is not programmable as far as I know, and I cannot find an
application to map the keys on my computer. Maybe I should download it from
somewhere. I shall look around.
Connection with another keyboard made no difference.
Your idea was good, but, alas, it did not work her.
Thank you for responding
Joop

 

[Guest]

Thank you both for trying. But I still think some other application did
something with the keyboard. I have no idea where to look for it.
My keyboard is two month old; came together with a new IBM machine. That
does not rule out that one button could be defect, but that seems not to be
the case: I tried it on another computer and I tried another keyboard on this
computer. Both had the same effet (or rather: the same lack of effect.)
Joop

 

[Guest]

Hi Joop,

I think you've pretty much ruled out Microsoft Access as being implicated in
this issue, since you reported earlier that the F8 key did not work with
Acrobat Professional. I have to assume that the F8 key is mapped to the same
function, ie. toolbar toggles between hidden and displayed mode, in Acrobat
Professional as it is in Acrobat Reader. Did you verify this by looking at a
menu item? Acrobat Reader includes the following from the View menu:

View > Toolbars > Hide Toolbars (F8) and
View > Toolbars > Show Toolbars (F8)

depending on the current state of the toolbar display.

I think at this point I'd be giving IBM a phone call for help.

Good Luck,

Tom
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Thank you both for trying. But I still think some other application did
something with the keyboard. I have no idea where to look for it.
My keyboard is two month old; came together with a new IBM machine. That
does not rule out that one button could be defect, but that seems not to be
the case: I tried it on another computer and I tried another keyboard on this
computer. Both had the same effet (or rather: the same lack of effect.)
Joop
__________________________________________

:

Like Dirk, I'm starting to believe that your keyboard has seen it's better
days. Try temporarily swapping in a different keyboard on your PC, or take
your keyboard and put it on another PC. This quick test should help to
eliminate whether there are any settings on the computer itself.

Good Luck,
Tom
__________________________________________

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Good idea to try it on other applications to see if it works there.
I have Acrbate Professional. F8 does not work there.
So it seems to be some settings of the computer itself.
This may be a good indication, but how to go about now?
Thanks for your persistent attention anyway.
Joop

 

[Guest]

Thanks again for your concern