Lost keyboard navigation when form opened in dialog mode

[dgy]

I've got a form that displays single records from a table (i.e. one at a
time). It has record selectors and navigation controls.
If I just open it directly in form view the keyboard navigation controls
like Page Down to go to the next record, work fine.
However when I open it in modal dialog mode (acDialog) from within code
using DoCmd.OpenForm then none of the keyboard commands for navigation work.
Clicking on the navigation arrows etc works but I have users who like the
option of using a keyboard. It really needs to be opened modally to suit the
system situation.
Is there a solution or work around to restore the keyboard navigation
interface?

TIA.

 

[boblarson]

Haven't tried it myself, but have you tried to go into the form's properties
and set the KeyPreview property to YES and see if that helps?
--
Bob Larson

Tutorials at http://www.btabdevelopment.com

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[dgy]

Thanks for the suggestion Bob.
But I've tried it now and it didn't solve the problem .

I should add that if I open the form nbon-modally from within the code using
acWindowNormal for the WindowMode then the keyboard interface works fine.
Also it does not appear to be a specific thing with this particular form. I
have another form for displaying records that acts the same way.

dgy