>>>>>>>>>>is this scroll bar ...
>>>>>>>>>>part of a grid? or a combobox ... or what?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>No I've created a custom control with 3 buttons in it and programmed the functionality of a scroll bar (as in record next/previous/top etc).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Part of my problem is that the user could be trying to do a number of things when they click on my scrollbar and I need to prevent all of them - hence the fact that I want to do the check in the When/GotFocus of the control before the button within performs its code.
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>>>>>>>>Note that we have custom scrollbars just the same, but you seem to approach something differently here; I assume the user clicks on a scrollbar button and during MouseDown scrolling is performed ? and not that another click is needed to stop scrolling ?
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>>>>>>>Thats correct - so when are you checking that its ok for the user to move from the current record?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So Caroline, could you be some more specific please; f.e. what is your definition of "scrolling" ? Mine would be : we have some gridrow current (it's visible), and by clicking scroll-up, the current record is shifted to above the grid's boundaries, and all further records come by; letting go of the mouse button stops scrolling, and the active record (current record) is not visible.
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>>>>>>Could you explain some further now please ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for your interest Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>>In essence I am doing the same just not in a grid. I have a standard record entry form that displays 1 record at a time. I have standard navigation buttons top/next/new/save etc. I also have a scrollbar control to perform the same operations, clicking on the right scroll button moves forward 1 record clicking in the scrollbar move forward 10 records etc, they can also drag the current location to quickly jump a certain distance through the file.
>>>>>
>>>>>What I need to be ably to do is as they select the scrollbar stop anything from happening if the current record has not been saved.
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>>>>Okay (I hope I understand right) :
>>>>
>>>>As soon as any data is changed (in any control, field, record (?), disable the scrollbar buttons, until Save (or explicit cancel ?) is pressed. Is that the idea ? This BTW could be the in InterActiveChange for each control on the form.
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>>>That is the effect that I want, its just that my navigation buttons work the other way ie After a change if the user presses Next they are asked is they want to save (yes/no/cancel) and I was trying to get the scrollbar to do the same.
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>>Hmm... It looks like that your scollbarbutton works too much real-time (activate the scrolling immedeately), right ? So that's why you wanten the When on the scrollbarbuttons, still right ?
>>
>>

>>*** SBButtonGotFocus
>>IF lUpdatePending
>>  *** MessageBox ***
>>  *** call SaveRoutine at Yes
>>  *** RestoreFormRoutine at No
>>ENDIF
>>
>>*** Scroll, or maybe better, just return to form at Save=Yes.
>>

>>Now I assume this is not what you want (because it is too obvious). ??
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>No I think that is what I want but once the control has the focus then the code for the button that they pressed is run even if I change the focus in the GotFocus it doesn't want to do a nodefault.

Grrrrr ...

Maybe you have a container (or some) for this button ? maybe you trigger the clicks of each explicitly ?
Think of my Timer suggestion again. So, in the GotFocus set this timer only when it's applicable, and leave it at 0 when not. This must work.
Thus, the Timer method now performs the scroll code (calls the according method or whatever).