OFF2000: Exit Event for TextBox in a Frame Does Not Run Correctly

The exit event for a TextBox control does not run when you click another control on your UserForm, or the exit event runs after the UserForm closes.

This problem occurs when you add a TextBox control to a Frame in a UserForm, and you assign an exit event to the TextBox. The exit event will run at the correct time only when you click another control within the Frame.

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The macro example below illustrates how to run an exit event for TextBox1 when TextBox1 is within a Frame, and CommandButton1 is outside the Frame. When TextBox1 has the focus and you click CommandButton1, the exit event for the TextBox runs before the message box in CommandButton1_Click appears. If you do not shift the focus to Frame1, the exit event for TextBox1 runs after the message box for CommandButton1_Click appears.

This example assumes a UserForm that contains a Frame control, two TextBox controls inside the Frame, and a CommandButton control outside the Frame.

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    TextBox2.SetFocus
    MsgBox "Button Click"
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox1_Exit(ByVal Cancel As MSForms.ReturnBoolean)
    MsgBox "Box 1 exit"
End Sub
				

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

When a UserForm contains a Frame with one or more TextBox controls that contain exit events, the events do not run at the correct time when you click outside the Frame. For example, consider a UserForm that contains two TextBox controls, TextBox1 and TextBox2, within a Frame1 control, and a CommandButton1 outside the Frame. The exit event for TextBox1 does not run when you click CommandButton1. To correct this problem, set the focus to TextBox2 in your CommandButton1_Click subroutine, as illustrated in the "Workaround" section of this article.