Num Lock Changes

[Tom S.]

We have a Access-based application purchased from a vendor
where the keyboard Num Lock key toggles off when moving
between fields on a form (not the desired result). The
vendor claims this a function of Access and there is
nothing they can do about it. This just doesn't sound
correct. Any help or Knowledge-Base articles on this
issue would be appreciated.

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

This is a well-known bug which is typically caused by the use of SendKeys.
See the following link:

http://www.mvps.org/access/bugs/bugs0004.htm

There is usually very little reason to use SendKeys in an application and
not one reason I can think of to use SendKeys while (or for) moving between
controls on a form.

 

[Tom S]

Thanks Cheryl. I'll contact the vendor with this
information. Hopefully they can revise their code to
remove the SendKeys.