thanks - I handled it through an invisible object on page and using its UIEnable ...

>>Hi,
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>>Anyone have a good idea for preventing a page Activate event from happening EXCEPT when actually activated by the user by clicking or tabbing to the page? What I need is an UIEnable event for a page - not sure why it's not there for pages - seems like a critical ommision to me.
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>>Problem is that the activate fires whenever a dialog (or other windows program) is brought up and then user returns to my form, and I don't want it to. I've considered some sort of flag property on the form or an invisible object placed on the page in which I just use its UIENable. Anyone have a better idea?
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>>Ken
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>Ken,
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>What code in your activate event do you not want to fire ??? I've got what may be a suggestion, but I want to be sure I understand what you're doing before I say what it is.
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>"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and prove it"
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>Regards,
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>Jason