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 EVENT {ON | OFF}
 
 Usage Notes
   ■ The EVENT statement does not affect form- or control-specific events.
     Forms and controls use different event handlers. Use object-specific
     events with forms. See: ◄Object Events Summary►
 
   ■ If your program contains event-handling statements and you are compiling
     from the BC command line, use the /W or /V option. If you do not use
     these options and your program contains event traps, Visual Basic
     generates the error message, "ON event without /V or /W on command
     line." See: ◄BC Command-Line Options►
 
   ■ The EVENT statement affects compiled code generation. With EVENT OFF,
     the compiler will not generate any event-checking code.
 
   ■ The effect of the EVENT statement is always global.
 
   ■ EVENT ON and EVENT OFF can be used to bracket sections of code where
     events do not need to be detected and trapped, and fast performance is
     required.
 
   ■ If a trapped event occurs while EVENT OFF is in effect, that event is
     remembered and handled if and when an EVENT ON block is entered.