Form.CommandBeforeExecute event (Access)

Occurs before a specified command is executed. Use this event when you want to impose certain restrictions before a particular command is executed.

Syntax

expression.CommandBeforeExecute (Command, Cancel)

expression A variable that represents a Form object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Command	Required	Variant	The command that is going to be executed.
Cancel	Required	Object	Set the Value property of this object to True to cancel the command.

Return value

Nothing

Remarks

The OCCommandId, ChartCommandIdEnum, and PivotCommandId constants contain lists of the supported commands for each of the Microsoft Office web components.

Example

The following example demonstrates the syntax for a subroutine that traps the CommandBeforeExecute event.

Private Sub Form_CommandBeforeExecute( _ 
 ByVal Command As Variant, ByVal Cancel As Object) 
 Dim intResponse As Integer 
 Dim strPrompt As String 
 
 strPrompt = "Cancel the command?" 
 
 intResponse = MsgBox(strPrompt, vbYesNo) 
 
 If intResponse = vbYes Then 
 Cancel.Value = True 
 Else 
 Cancel.Value = False 
 End If 
End Sub

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