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'on key' events seem to have priority over valid method.
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Visual FoxPro
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Object Oriented Programming
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00582463
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>In our application, we use pageframes to accomodate large data entry tasks. To accomodate our customers that don't like mouse-interupts, we have a page-up and page-down utility that is called using the ON KEY PGUP and ON KEY PGDN commands.
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>This has worked fine, but I have recently discovered some really strange behavior that is new to me (but apparently existing all along). It seems that if we are on an object that has a valid (lostfocus, etc.) method, and press the Page Up key, then the object methods are not executed until the page is loaded the next time.
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>In our case, this causes program errors to occur when the valid is 'restarted' upon page activate, due to now-incorrect dynamic form properties. It is also causing data to be stored incorrectly for some items, such as measurement conversions.
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>Is there a standard way to handle this, or does anyone have any ideas how to ensure that the object valid property gets executed prior to leaving a page?
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>Thanks in advance,
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>David


You may try to use the KeyPress method of the form to handle this.


HTH :-)
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Gérald Santerre
Independant programmer - internet or intranet stuff - always looking for contracts big or small :)
http://www.siteintranet.qc.ca
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