Yes, if you disable the subform control, it cannot receive focus.
You could try setting the AllowEdits and AllowDeletions of the form in the
subform controls instead.
Another problem with AllowEdits is that you cannot even change the unbound
controls on the form. To work around that, the code below sets the Locked
property of the controls instead of the properties of the forms. It loops
through all controls in the main form, and if it finds a subform it calls
itself recursively so that any level of sub-subform is also handled.
If there are controls you do not wish to lock, list their names in quotes as
optional arguments.
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Public Function LockBoundControls(frm As Form, bLock As Boolean, ParamArray
avarExceptionList())
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
'Purpose: Lock the bound controls and prevent deletes on the form any
its subforms.
'Arguments frm = the form to be locked
' bLock = True to lock, False to unlock.
' avarExceptionList: Names of the controls NOT to lock
(variant array of strings).
'Usage: Call LockBoundControls(Me. True)
Dim ctl As Control 'Each control on the form
Dim lngI As Long 'Loop controller.
Dim bSkip As Boolean
'Save any edits.
If frm.Dirty Then
frm.Dirty = False
End If
'Block deletions.
frm.AllowDeletions = Not bLock
For Each ctl In frm.Controls
Select Case ctl.ControlType
Case acTextBox, acComboBox, acListBox, acOptionGroup, acCheckBox,
acOptionButton, acToggleButton
'Lock/unlock these controls if bound to fields.
bSkip = False
For lngI = LBound(avarExceptionList) To
UBound(avarExceptionList)
If avarExceptionList(lngI) = ctl.Name Then
bSkip = True
Exit For
End If
Next
If Not bSkip Then
If HasProperty(ctl, "ControlSource") Then
If Len(ctl.ControlSource) > 0& And Not ctl.ControlSource
Like "=*" Then
If ctl.Locked <> bLock Then
ctl.Locked = bLock
End If
End If
End If
End If
Case acSubform
'Recursive call to handle all subforms.
bSkip = False
For lngI = LBound(avarExceptionList) To
UBound(avarExceptionList)
If avarExceptionList(lngI) = ctl.Name Then
bSkip = True
Exit For
End If
Next
If Not bSkip Then
If Len(Nz(ctl.SourceObject, vbNullString)) > 0& Then
ctl.Form.AllowDeletions = Not bLock
ctl.Form.AllowAdditions = Not bLock
Call LockBoundControls(ctl.Form, bLock)
End If
End If
Case acLabel, acLine, acRectangle, acCommandButton, acTabCtl,
acPage, acPageBreak, acImage, acObjectFrame
'Do nothing
Case Else
'Includes acBoundObjectFrame, acCustomControl
Debug.Print ctl.Name & " not handled on " & conMod & " at " &
Now()
End Select
Next
Exit_Handler:
Set ctl = Nothing
Exit Function
Err_Handler:
Call LogError(Err.Number, Err.Description, conMod & "LockBoundControls")
Resume Exit_Handler
End Function
Public Function HasProperty(obj As Object, strPropName As String) As Boolean
'Purpose: Return true if the object has the property.
Dim varDummy As Variant
On Error Resume Next
varDummy = obj.Properties(strPropName)
HasProperty = (Err.Number = 0)
End Function
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The LogError() is:
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