[AccessD] I just gotta vent

Shamil,

Thanks for validating the bug.  I am using Windows 7 and Access 2007.

Which tells me that they haven't decided that bugs are an important 
thing to work on, even in 2013.

Yes, on abandoning.

OTOH I have a job (for IBM no less) maintaining Access databases.  I am 
not allowed to "abandon" them.  ;)

On 12/13/2013 3:05 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote:
>   Hi John --
>
> I didn't know about this bug, sorry.
>
> Just out of curiosity I have:
>
> - created a bound test form,
> - set its recordsource to filter out all records (ID = -1);
> - set AllowAdditions = False;
> - created a search textbox named txtSearch in the form's header;
> - created a search value copy textbox named txtCopy in the form's header;
> - set OnChange event procedure to
>
> Private Sub txtSearch_Change()
>      txtCopy.Value = txtSearch.Text
> End Sub
>
> - opened test form in Normal view and typed a char in txtCopy  textbox - *bang*
>
> 2185 - You can't reference a property or method for a control unless the control has the focus.
>
> In my test I have used Win8 and MS Access 2013.
>
> There seems to be no effective workaround of this bug.
>
> This is a typical bug case one of many others, which forced me to abandon MS Access/VBA development.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- Shamil
>