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Grab form and control name

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Jusenkyo

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Hello all

I need to grab the name of a control on a form for error logging.
I have the form name (me.form.name) outputting to a table, and I want to output the button name too.

Any ideas?

Cheers
 
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What about
Me.ActiveControl.Name ?

Me.Name not Me.form.Name

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