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ACC2000: Pressing BACKSPACE Key in a Data Access Page Control Causes Internet Explorer to Load Previous Page

Article ID: 248902

Article Last Modified on 1/26/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q248902

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

SYMPTOMS

If you click a text box control on a data access page and then immediately press BACKSPACE, Microsoft Internet Explorer loads the previous page from history.

CAUSE

This behavior is limited to Internet Explorer version 5.00

RESOLUTION

Upgrade your copy of Internet Explorer to version 5.01 or later. To do so, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to determine which version of Internet Explorer is installed, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

164539 How to Determine Which Version of Internet Explorer Is Installed

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Create the following two HTML pages, and then save them to a Web folder:

   <HTML>
   <HEAD><TITLE>First page</TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>
   <A HREF="/?scid=bug2.htm">Click</A>
   </BODY>
   </HTML>

Save this page as Bug1.htm.

   <HTML>
   <HEAD><TITLE>Bug Test Page 2</TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>
      <TEXTAREA>Click in here first.</TEXTAREA>
      <TEXTAREA>Then click in here and press BACKSPACE.</TEXTAREA>
   </BODY>
   </HTML>

Save this page as Bug2.htm.

Use either the URL or the file's disk Web address to view Bug1.htm in Internet Explorer 5.00.
Click the word Click.
Follow the instructions on the Bug2.htm page. It is important to press BACKSPACE as quickly as you can.

Note that the Bug1.htm page is displayed.

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