PRB: Dialog Form Reopened by OpenForm Is Disabled

Article ID: Q109363
Creation Date: 02-JAN-1994
Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you perform an OpenForm action on a form that was previously opened as a dialog form, the form opens and is selected, but it is disabled.

CAUSE

When an OpenForm action is performed on a form that has already been opened, Microsoft Access opens the form and selects it, even if the form is disabled. The form will not be enabled until other modal forms opened earlier are either hidden or closed.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 1. Create the following new macro and save it as Macro1:

       Actions       Arguments
       ---------------------------------
       Openform      Form Name: Form2
                     Window Mode: Dialog

 2. Create another new macro as follows. Save the macro as Macro2:

       Actions       Arguments
       ---------------------------------
       Openform      Form Name: Form1
                     Window Mode: Dialog

 3. Create a new, blank form.

 4. Add a button control to the form.

 5. Set the button's OnClick property to Macro1.

    NOTE: In Microsoft Access version 1.x, the OnClick property is
    called the OnPush property.

 6. Save the form as Form1.

 7. Create another new, blank form.

 8. Add a button control to the form.

 9. Set the button's OnClick property to Macro2.

Save the form as Form2.

Click the button on Form1 to run Macro1. Note that Form2 opens as
    a modal form.

Click the button on Form2 to run Macro2. Note that Form1 opens as
    a modal form.

Position Form1 so that you can see both Form1 and Form2.

Click the button on Form1. Note that Form2 is selected, as it should

be,

    but that it is disabled.

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