detecting if user has alt-tabbed to another doc

[Tom_OM]

I'm working on a Word plug-in that saves variables into a document and
then displays that info in a drop-down combo box. The problem is that
if the user alt+tabs into another document (or changes documents via
the Window menu) the combo box still displays the info from the
previous document.

I already have a sub that can clear and refill the combo box based on
which document is open. I need to figure out some way to detect if
the user has alt-tabbed to another document so that it will trigger
the sub that revises the comb box content.

Anyone know?

 

[Jezebel]

The application fires the WindowDeactivate and WindowActivate events
whenever the user moves from one window to another. Since each document is
in its own window, this necessarily includes tabbing to a new document.

In VB/VBA, you trap this event by creating a class module that contains a
withevents reference to the Word application object.

 

[Tom_OM]

Thanks, Jezebel, that's exactly the info I was needing.