Tab change event

[mlwallin]

I have a complex search menu with many criteria organized into groups with
the tab control (an unbound form). The button to execute the search via
stored procedure is outside the tab control. I want to check for errors on
one tab page before going to a new tab, so I put code in the tab change event
as suggested (Andy - June 19) to execute when I select a different tab.

Anyway, I found that it goes to the new tab first, then executes the code.
I wanted to AVOID going to the new tab. I can set focus to the offending
control on the original tab at the end of my change event, but then my code
fires off for the second time.

 

[Bill]

Why not use the click event instead? Or you can code logic to only run the
code once using tabindex numbers.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Why not use the click event instead? Or you can code logic to only
run the code once using tabindex numbers.

The Click event for a TabPage is not what you think it is. It does not fire
when you click on a "tab" to select a different page of the TabControl.