PRB: MoveSize Action Affects Wrong Window

Article ID: Q109822
Creation Date: 10-JAN-1994
Revision Date: 01-DEC-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97

SYMPTOMS

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

The MoveSize macro action does not move a form opened by an OpenForm macro action within the same macro if the Window Mode argument is set to Dialog. Instead, the MoveSize action waits until the form is closed and then affects the window that is subsequently selected.

RESOLUTION

When you set the Window Mode of the OpenForm action to Dialog, it makes your form modal and pop-up; macro execution pauses until you close the form. Instead of using the Dialog Window Mode to open the form, set your form's Modal and PopUp properties to Yes, and then open the form with a Window Mode argument of Normal. The MoveSize action correctly moves and sizes forms opened in this manner.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in versions 1.x and 2.0).

Create the following new macro, and then save it as Move Test:

      Move Test      Action
      -----------------------
                     OpenForm
                     MoveSize

      Actions
      --------------------------
      OpenForm
         Form Name: Customers
         View: Form
         Data Mode: Edit
         Window Mode: Dialog
      MoveSize
         Right: 2 in
         Down: 3 in

Run the macro. Note that the form opens but does not move.
Close the Customers form. Note that the Database Window (or Database Container in versions 1.x and 2.0) moves after the Customers form is closed.

REFERENCES

For more information about Modal, MoveSize, or OpenForm, search the Help Index for "Modal Property," "MoveSize Action," or "OpenForm Action."

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