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MS Access Forum / Modules / DAO / VBA / October 2004Visual Basic Editor
I am going crazy! Today when I go into visual basic editor and enter a new line of code it keeps trying to autocorrect. As soon as I type something the preceding text goes red. The drop down list of options appears for an instant and then dissapears, eg if I type "Me.Parent. etc" , as soon as I type in the . the drop down list appears for a moment and then dissapears and the line goes red. I have tried changing the Options under Tools , all to no avail. any suggestions? Thanks dhowe Are you using a timer anywhere in your application? What you're describing often happens under those circumstances, so you need to disable the timer.  SignatureDoug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) > I am going crazy! Today when I go into visual basic editor and enter a new > line of code it keeps trying to autocorrect. As soon as I type something the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks > dhowe I am not intentionally using a timer. Is there any way to search for timers in my code? This problem doesn't happen in my backup copies from a couple of days ago. > Are you using a timer anywhere in your application? What you're describing > often happens under those circumstances, so you need to disable the timer. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks > > dhowe >I am not intentionally using a timer. Is there any way to search for timers > in my code? This problem doesn't happen in my backup copies from a couple of > days ago. It would have to be running in a form that you have open at the same time you are in the code editor. SignatureI don't check the Email account attached to this message. Send instead to... RBrandt at Hunter dot com I thought I had it beaten but I was wrong. I deleted my clock and the editor worked fine but next time in it was doing the same thing. It is fine in design mode and tries to autocorrect in all my forms. > >I am not intentionally using a timer. Is there any way to search for timers > > in my code? This problem doesn't happen in my backup copies from a couple of > > days ago. > > It would have to be running in a form that you have open at the same time you > are in the code editor. > I thought I had it beaten but I was wrong. > I deleted my clock and the editor worked fine but next time in it was > doing > the same thing. > It is fine in design mode and tries to autocorrect in all my forms. This is the classic symptom of having a form open with a Timer event that is firing, as Doug and Rick pointed out. In the Access application window (as opposed to the VB Editor window) check every open form -- and subforms on those forms -- to see if it has an active Timer event. Bear in mind that forms may be hidden, in which case you may click the menu item Window -> Unhide... (if that option is disabled, there are no hidden forms). I suppose it is possible that your symptoms are caused by something else, but I have never seen such a case. We've seen these symptoms a lot, and it has always been due to the firing of a Timer event. Do you understand what we mean by a Timer event? The relevant properties in a form's property sheet are the Timer and TimerInterval properties on the Event tab of the form's property sheet in design view. SignatureDirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP www.datagnostics.com (please reply to the newsgroup) Thanks Dirk. I deleted my clock but left my timer "event procedure" and my timer interval in the event properties. Once I deleted these it was fine. If I needed a clock on my form how would i do it without having the same problem? > > I thought I had it beaten but I was wrong. > > I deleted my clock and the editor worked fine but next time in it was [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > form's property sheet are the Timer and TimerInterval properties on the > Event tab of the form's property sheet in design view. > Thanks Dirk. > I deleted my clock but left my timer "event procedure" and my timer > interval in the event properties. Once I deleted these it was fine. > If I needed a clock on my form how would i do it without having the > same problem? I don't think you can, without going to extreme lengths -- setting up some task external to Access that would run the timer. But there's nothing wrong with having a timer event on a form; it's just that you don't want to edit code while that form is open in form view and the timer is running. Is there some reason you need to have this clock form open while you're editing code? SignatureDirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP www.datagnostics.com (please reply to the newsgroup) Another clue is that as I type in a line of code and a space after the word the cursor jumps back to the end of the previous word. Also if I am typing in a word such as "True" the cursor jumps back in front of the "T" Thanks again for any help > Are you using a timer anywhere in your application? What you're describing > often happens under those circumstances, so you need to disable the timer. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks > > dhowe Thanks a million!! I had a textbox showing the current Time on the form. Once I deleted it the problem went away. Thanks again dhowe > I am going crazy! Today when I go into visual basic editor and enter a new > line of code it keeps trying to autocorrect. As soon as I type something the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks > dhowe |
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