ACC: AutoCorrect Triggers Change Event

• Microsoft Access versions 7.0, 97

SYMPTOMS

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

When you use the AutoCorrect feature in Microsoft Access to correct typing errors automatically, the Change event of a form control is triggered each time AutoCorrect is invoked. This can cause undesirable results, such as error messages or continuous looping of the automatic correction.

RESOLUTION

You can disable AutoCorrect for a text box or a combo box on a form by setting the control's AllowAutoCorrect property to No. You may want to do this for any text box or combo box on your form that has an event procedure or a macro attached to its Change event.

If you want to disable all or portions of the AutoCorrect feature, click AutoCorrect on the Tools menu, and change the options in the AutoCorrect dialog box.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start Microsoft Access and open any database.

2. Verify that the AutoCorrect feature is turned on by clicking AutoCorrect on the Tools menu. Verify that the "Replace text as you type" option is selected and that lowercase letter "i" is in the Replace list.

3. Create a new form not based on any table or query:

         Form: TestAuto
         -----------------------------
         Text box:
            Name: Text0
            OnChange: [Event Procedure]
         Text box:
            Name: Text2
   
   

4. Set the OnChange property of the Text0 text box to the following event procedure:

         Private Sub Text0_Change
            Me!Text2.SetFocus
         End Sub
   
   

5. Switch the form to Form view.

6. Type a lowercase letter "i" (without the quotation marks) in the Text0 text box. Note that you receive the error message:

         Run-time error '2110'
         Microsoft Access can't move the focus to the control Text2.
   

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