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STOP EVENT
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><b>STOP EVENT</b></pre><p>

This statement must be used in an event handler. It tells the interpreter that the
event that called the event handler must be cancelled.
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Only a few events can be cancelled.  This is primarily intended to allow you to supersede default keyboard and mouse behavior with your own.
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<pre class="example">' My text box only accepts digits

PUBLIC SUB MyTextBox_KeyPress()

  IF Instr(&quot;0123456789&quot;, Key.Text) = 0 THEN
    STOP EVENT
  ENDIF

END SUB</pre>
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/event+en">Event Management</a>&nbsp;

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