Glossary for Event Properties of forms, fields, etc.

[Jill]

I'm trying in vain to find a glossary of sorts that explains what event
properties (e.g., On Load, On Activate, On Dirty, On Undo) do... It'd be
nice to have a list with definitions all on one page and I am having trouble
finding this via the Internet, if there is one...

Any suggestions for website links would be appreciated!

Jill

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

In the database help window, search for:

Order of events

 

[Larry Linson]

I'm trying in vain to find a glossary of sorts
that explains what event properties (e.g., On
Load, On Activate, On Dirty, On Undo) do...
It'd be nice to have a list with definitions all
on one page and I am having trouble
finding this via the Internet, if there is one...

Any suggestions for website links would be appreciated!

Event properties don't DO much of anything, out of the box, except "fire" to
execute code or macros that you have entered for that event, for that
Control or Form, in response to the event occurring. Events that are
applicable to a Control, Form, Report, or Section are listed in the
Properties dialog for that Control, Form, Report, or Section.

If you place the cursor on the event in the Properties dialog and press F1,
it should take you to Help for that event. There may be a consolidated list
of events somewhere, but I don't know where it would be.

Am I misunderstanding your question? Did you think that some action
occurred automatically when a given event fired, without your specifying
that action with code or macros?

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP

 

[Jill]

Nice! This helps greatly! I was often overwhelmed going back and forth
trying to figure out what order and what or when exactly this or that event
property description did, fired, etc. As is often the case with newbies, or
not-so-newbies but no-such-experts either, the right terminology or keywords
were lacking...

Thank you!

Jill

 

[Trish Collins]

I am looking also. No luck so far.

I am trying in vain to find a glossary of sorts that explains what event
properties (e.g., On Load, On Activate, On Dirty, On Undo) do... It'd be
nice to have a list with definitions all on one page and I am having trouble
finding this via the Internet, if there is one...

Any suggestions for website links would be appreciated!

Jill

Order of events
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