PRA: Minimize/Maximize Action Fails in Text Box OnClick Event

Article ID: Q140289
Creation Date: 28-NOV-1995
Revision Date: 20-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

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

If you run a macro or event procedure with the Maximize or Minimize action from the OnClick property of a text box on a form, the form will not maximize or minimize. The action silently fails.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, place the macro or event procedure on another property, such as the OnDblClick property, or place the macro or event procedure on the OnClick property of a command 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 Behavior

Open the sample database NWIND.MDB.

Open the Categories form in Design view.

If it is not open, open the property sheet for the Category ID text box.

Create the following macro named Test:

      Macro Name       Action
      -----------------------
      Test             Maximize

Set the Category ID text box's OnClick property to the Test macro.
Switch the form to Form view.
Click the Category ID text box. Note that the form does not maximize.
Switch the form back to Design view. Move the Test macro to the OnDblClick property of the Category ID text box.
Switch the form to Form view. Double-click the Category ID field. Note that the form maximizes.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating macros, search for "macros: builders," and then "Macro Builder" using the Microsoft Access Help menu.

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