Mitsules, Mark S. (Newport News)
Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com
Thu Aug 12 10:54:20 CDT 2004
After setting KeyPreview to True for the form, I think you want to look at the KeyPress event for the control. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Paul Rodgers [mailto:Paul.Rogers at SummitMedia.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:36 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Instant If Then Else Can I make these changes the instant the User enters a text box, please? If Not IsNull([txtFun]) Then Me.txtFun.BackColor = vbRed Me.txtFun.ForeColor = vbYellow Else Me.txtFun.BackColor = vbWhite Me.txtFun.ForeColor = vbBlack End If I mean as he types "y" for "yes", or anything at all? The above doesn't work till the record changes. Cheers paul -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com