>I’m using a textbox class as the currentcontrol of a grid’s column.
>The when event of the textbox stores the value of its recourdsource into a property (OldValue) in order to detect changes at the valid event by comparing both values, the recordsource new value (if changed) and the property value (OldValue).
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>lcRecordSource = this.ControlSource
>this.OldValue = evaluate(lcRecordSource)
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>This seems to be working fine when changing from row to row but when accesing another column and returning back to the previous column (like when hitting Right arrow-Left arrow), the When event is getting a zero as the controlsource value.
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>It seems like if the controlsource value has not been updated yet internally when the When event is fired.
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>Any hints about what to do and/or any other ways arround to track changes are appreciated.
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>Regards and thanks in advance.
>
>Oscar Corte

Oscar,
This might be easier :
*Gotfocus
this.tag = trans(this.value)
*Lostfocus
if !(trans(this.Value) == this.tag)
*...

Cetin