Can I Intercept List.Click Before Pointer Moves

VFP9

When the user clicks in my list (object), the record pointer changes
and the new record is displayed just fine. Here's the setup code for
the list:

WITH .List1
.ControlSource = 'Jobs'
.RowSourceType = 6 && 6=Fields
.RowSource = 'Jobs.ModelName'
ENDWITH

Is there some event that occurs after the click but before the record
pointer moves? Here's why I ask:

I want to "intercept' the Click event and/or the Up/Dn arrow keys
before the pointer moves so I can detect if any changes were made to
the original record.

I tried code in the InteractiveChange & Click events, but it seems
these events occur only AFTER the record pointer moves to the new
record. I also tried using the Valid event, but Valid doesn't seem to
fire at all.

I eventually kludged it to return to the original record to detect the
changes, then back to the newly selected record, but I feel there must
be a better way. Is there?

Steve M.

Bernhard
Thu Oct 26 15:03:51 CDT 2006

Hi Steve,

> Is there some event that occurs after the click but before the record
> pointer moves?
Use a grid instead of the listbox. You can configure the grid so that it looks
like a listbox. A grid has BeforeRowColChange / AfterRowColChange events.

Regards
Bernhard Sander

Olaf
Fri Oct 27 01:43:05 CDT 2006

Hi Steve,

Mousedown and Keypress
are your events.

You can inspect yoursefl, what
events fire in which order with

Set Eventlist To
and
Set Eventtracking On / To Filename

Bye, Olaf.

Steve
Fri Oct 27 07:48:32 CDT 2006

Thank you both for your suggestions.

I used MouseDown() & Keypress(). They worked to do exactly what I
wanted - simple & effective (i.e. 'Why didn't I think of that?":))

Steve