BeforeUpdate Property [Access 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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Returns or sets a String indicating which macro, event procedure, or user-defined function runs when the BeforeUpdate event occurs. Read/write.

expression.BeforeUpdate

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

Valid values for this property are "macroname" where macroname is the name of macro, "[Event Procedure]" which indicates the event procedure associated with the BeforeUpdate event for the specified object, or "=functionname()" where functionname is the name of a user-defined function. For a more detailed discussion of event properties, see "Event Properties ."

Example

The following example specifies that when the BeforeUpdate event occurs on the first form of the current project, the associated event procedure should run.

Forms(0).BeforeUpdate = "[Event Procedure]"

Applies to | BoundObjectFrame Object | CheckBox Object | ComboBox Object | Form Object | ListBox Object | OptionButton Object | OptionGroup Object | TextBox Object | ToggleButton Object

See Also | AfterUpdate Property | BeforeUpdate Property