PRA: Toggle Button's OnKey Events Do Not Run

Article ID: Q128116
Creation Date: 27-MAR-1995
Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

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

When a toggle button has the focus and you press a key, the macro or Access Basic code specified for the toggle button's OnKeyPress, OnKeyDown, or OnKeyUp property does not run.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when a toggle button is located on a subform of a main form.

RESOLUTION

Replace the toggle button with another control such as a command button, a check box, or an option button.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access version 2.0. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access for Windows 95 version 7.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps To Reproduce Problem

Open the sample database NWIND.MDB.

Create a new blank form and then add an option group to the form.

Add a toggle button to the option group.

Set the toggle button's OnKeyPress property to the following macro:

      Macro Name  Action
      ------------------
      Test        Msgbox

      Test Actions
      -----------------------------------
      Msgbox
         Message: Toggle button macro ran

View the form in Form view and choose the toggle button.
Press any key on the keyboard. The message "Toggle button macro ran" appears. Choose the OK button, and then save the form as Form1 and close it.
Create a new form called Form2. Drag the Form1 form from the Database window to Form2. This causes Form1 to become a subform of Form2.
View Form2 in Form view, choose the toggle button on the subform, and then press any key on the keyboard. Note that the message does not appear.

REFERENCES

For more information about the OnKeyPress property, search for "OnKeyPress," and then "OnKeyPress Property" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

For more information about the OnKeyDown or OnKeyUp property, search for "OnKeyDown," and then "OnKeyDown, OnKeyUp Properties" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

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