[AccessD] I just gotta vent

<<1)  The text box CAN ACCEPT the focus but Access refuses to believe that 
it has the focus IF there is no data in the form.>>

 Not sure I follow that.  As Shamil said, what are you using to determine
the focus?  Screen.ActiveControl?

<<2) TxtBox.Text is not available unless the control has the focus.>>

 That would be correct.   .Oldvalue is the record prior to editing, .Value
is the current value or the control, and .text is the keystroke buffer
before it has been committed to the control.

<<3) ONLY txtbox.Text has the actual value in the control for each 
character typed in.  TxtBox.Value is only updated when the control loses 
the focus.>>

 Correct.

<<4) So at least one record has to be displayed in the form BEFORE the 
search can be used.>>

 Don't get that.  I use unbound controls all the time for searches.

Jim.



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 02:44 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] I just gotta vent

Trying to do some search kind of stuff using a text box to allow a user 
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