[AccessD] Set form's Caption without code

Andy Lacey andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Tue Dec 7 04:59:03 CST 2004


Ok, here's the thing. I want to make a few forms lightweight which currently
have just a line or two in modules. A few have nothing more than a line
which dynamically sets the form's caption. So I wrote a little function like
this:

Function SetCaption(frm As Form, strCaption As String)
frm.Caption = strCaption
End Function

and then changed my form's OnOpen from being an Event Procedure to :

=SetCaption([Screen].[ActiveForm],"x")

(The "x" is just for testing. The real call would have something a bit more
dynamic, like the result of a function call.)

The thing is that it errors because it can't resolve [Screen].[ActiveForm]
at that point. Ok, methinks, I'll move the call. But I can't find where to
put it. All of the following fail:

On Load
On GotFocus of the first control
On Current

The only success I've had is putting a timer interval of 5 and putting the
call in OnTimer, but I don't like that much as you can imagine. If I force a
call to it once the form's up then there's no problem (eg a command button),
but that's not a lot of use to me either. So I know the function is fine,
but has anyone got an answer as to where I might get this to run from?

--
Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk




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