"Chris" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> JJ wrote:
>> Can you force a control to carrying out its validating code without
>> having to leave/change focus  - i.e. raise its validating event ?
>>
>>
>
> When do yo want to validate it if not when you are leaving/entering?
> Something has to trigger it.  Keypress?
>
> Chris

> The problem I have is that a user can click on a menu and save the file when
> there are unwanted chars in the text box. The text box doesn't seem to lose
> focus during this time .
> If I could get the 'save' command to force validation before it tries to
> save that would help.
>
>
> "Chris" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:ezCjyXjNGHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>>JJ wrote:
>>
>>>Can you force a control to carrying out its validating code without
>>>having to leave/change focus  - i.e. raise its validating event ?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>When do yo want to validate it if not when you are leaving/entering?
>>Something has to trigger it.  Keypress?
>>
>>Chris
>
>
>

"Chris" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> JJ wrote:
>> The problem I have is that a user can click on a menu and save the file
>> when there are unwanted chars in the text box. The text box doesn't seem
>> to lose focus during this time .
>> If I could get the 'save' command to force validation before it tries to
>> save that would help.
>>
>>
>> "Chris" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:ezCjyXjNGHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>JJ wrote:
>>>
>>>>Can you force a control to carrying out its validating code without
>>>>having to leave/change focus  - i.e. raise its validating event ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>When do yo want to validate it if not when you are leaving/entering?
>>>Something has to trigger it.  Keypress?
>>>
>>>Chris
>>
>>
>>
>
> In your save routine whey not just call the function that does your
> validation, if the validation fails then yell at them?
>
> Chris