ACC2000: VBA Procedure to Determine Current Page of Tab Control (198639)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q198639 Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
SUMMARY
You can run Visual Basic for Applications code based on the tabs that are selected in a tab control. To ensure that a particular block of
code runs when you click a particular tab, use a Select Case statement with the Change event of the tab control itself, instead of using the Click event of the particular page.
In a tab control, a tab contains a page, but it is not actually part of the
page itself. Therefore, the Click event of a page occurs when you click
on the body of page, but it does not occur when you click the corresponding
tab of the page. However, the Change event occurs every time you click a different tab. You can then use the Select Case statement to direct
the flow of your code so that it depends on the index of the current page.
The Value property of a tab control returns the index of the current page.
NOTE: This article explains a technique demonstrated in the sample
file, FrmSmp00.mdb. For information about how to obtain this sample file,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
233324 Microsoft Access 2000 Sample Forms Database Available in Download Center
REFERENCESFor more information about the tab control, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type What is a tab control in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
For more information about using the Select Case statement to control program flow, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type Select Case statement in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/11/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbhowto kbinfo KB198639 |
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