ACC: In a Report, Close Event Occurs Before Deactivate Event

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When you close a form, the following sequence of events occurs for the form:

   Unload => Deactivate => Close
				

When you close a report from Print Preview view or when the report closes automatically after the Print event has occurred, the following sequence of events occurs for the report:

   Close => Deactivate
				

Note that a form's Close and Deactivate events are the reverse of the Deactivate and Close events of a report.

Steps to See this Behavior in a Form

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in Microsoft Access 2.0).
2. Open the Employees form in Design view.
3. Set the form's OnDeactivate property to the following event procedure:
   

         Private Sub Form_Deactivate()
           MsgBox "Deactivate event"
         End Sub
   						

4. Set the form's OnClose property to the following event procedure:
   

         Private Sub Form_Close()
            MsgBox "Close event"
         End Sub
   						

5. Save and close the form.
6. Open the Employee form in Form view.
7. Close the form.
   
   Note that the Deactivate message appears before the Close message.

Steps to See this Behavior in a Report

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in Microsoft Access 2.0).
2. Open the Customer Labels report in Design View.
3. Set the report's OnDeactivate property to the following event procedure:
   

         Private Sub Report_Deactivate()
           MsgBox "Deactivate event"
         End Sub
   						

4. Set the report's OnClose property to the following event procedure:
   

         Private Sub Report_Close()
            MsgBox "Close event"
         End Sub
   						

5. Save and close the report.
6. Open the Customer Labels report in Print Preview view.
7. Close the report.
   
   Note that the Close message appears before the Deactivate message.