Creating 'flashing' Form Controls - Problem With Code
Jul 14, 2006
Hello everybody,
Could anyone out there please help me with a small coding problem that I am experiencing....
I have a calculated control on my startup form called txtCurrentAge on which I have put VB code in the on-timer event of the form which makes the control 'flash on & off' if the persons age is below 18.
code as follows:
Private Sub Form_Timer()
If Me.txtCurrentAge.Value < 18 Then
Me.txtCurrentAge.Visible = Not Me.txtCurrentAge.Visible
Else
Me.txtCurrentAge.Visible = True
End If
End Sub
Everything works fine but when a user inadverently clicked on the control by mistake it caused the following error to be displayed: Runtime error 2165 "you cant hide the control that has the focus". What does this mean and how best could I prevent this from happening again as I cant guarantee that any of my users wont click on it again?? The text box concerned has been made 'visible', has not been 'locked' and is 'enabled'.
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I find this 'flashing action' to be very useful and would like to keep it on my form....
I have searched on this site and various others but have been unsuccesful....
Any help or guidance would be very much appreciated.
P.S I obtained this code via databasedev.co.uk and adapted it to suit my particular DB.
Best Regards
CarolW
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"
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"
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