Activate Event

The Activate event occurs when a form or report receives the focus and becomes the active window.

Remarks

Note   The Activate event doesn't occur when a form receives focus back from a dialog box, popup, or another form.

To run a macro or event procedure when these events occur, set the OnActivate, or OnDeactivate property to the name of the macro or to [Event Procedure].

You can make a form or report active by opening it, clicking it or a control on it, or by using the SetFocus method in Visual Basic (for forms only).

The Activate event can occur only when a form or report is visible.

The Activate event occurs before the GotFocus event; the Deactivate event occurs after the LostFocus event.

When you switch between two open forms, the Deactivate event occurs for the form being switched from, and the Activate event occurs for the form being switched to. If the forms contain no visible, enabled controls, the LostFocus event occurs for the first form before the Deactivate event, and the GotFocus event occurs for the second form after the Activate event.

When you first open a form, the following events occur in this order:

Open Þ Load Þ Resize Þ Activate Þ Current

When you close a form, the following events occur in this order:

Unload Þ Deactivate Þ Close

Example

The following example shows how to display a custom toolbar named CustomToolbar when a form receives the focus.

Private Sub Form_Activate()        
    DoCmd.ShowToolbar "CustomToolbar", acToolbarYes
End Sub