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It is annoying isn't it!?<br />
But I do not know of a way to prevent it from happening.<br />
Anytime a running object has it's code interrupted, it get's tossed from the focus.<br />
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About all you can do is minimize the number of other objects open at that time, to make finding it less annoying, and in the case of a modal window, turn off the modality while you are testing.<br />
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Others may have suggestions, but I don't know of a way.
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It is annoying isn't it!?
But I do not know of a way to prevent it from happening.
Anytime a running object has it's code interrupted, it get's tossed from the focus.

About all you can do is minimize the number of other objects open at that time, to make finding it less annoying, and in the case of a modal window, turn off the modality while you are testing.

Others may have suggestions, but I don't know of a way.

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how about this idea: call a procedure that cycles through all open forms and make them nonmodal/nonpopup.<br />
Add the 'modal' attribute in each form's open event as appropriate...<br />
That should work, shouldn't it?
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how about this idea: call a procedure that cycles through all open forms and make them nonmodal/nonpopup.
Add the 'modal' attribute in each form's open event as appropriate...
That should work, shouldn't it?

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In the DoCmd.OpenForm command there are options for windows type to be used on open...<br />
acDialog makes a form popup and modal.<br />
So you can open it that way in production but leave them normal for testing.
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In the DoCmd.OpenForm command there are options for windows type to be used on open...
acDialog makes a form popup and modal.
So you can open it that way in production but leave them normal for testing.

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Dear experts - <br />
I constantly have an issue when I'm debugging whereby the form/window which had been on top ends up a level or more to the back.<br />
It is a modal window so I can't move the window that now is appearing on top of it.<br />
Is there a command I can issue in the immediate window that will alleviate the problem?<br />
Thanks -
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Dear experts - 
I constantly have an issue when I'm debugging whereby the form/window which had been on top ends up a level or more to the back.
It is a modal window so I can't move the window that now is appearing on top of it.
Is there a command I can issue in the immediate window that will alleviate the problem?
Thanks -

Keep losing window when debugging

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