Access v7.00 (A95?) - how to maximize opening db?

[Mitchell]

Just a minor thing I know, but this drives me nuts. I'm not familiar
which such an old Access but that's all I have to work with here at
this job. The "About" screen says it's Access v7.0. (Is this A95?)
It's a simple db with no switchboard and just queries and a report
besides the basic tables (which we don't access at all).

Is there a way to get the db to start up maximized after we launch this
db, by any chance? I only know how to do this sort of thing in A2K.

Thanks. D

 

[StargateFanFromWork]

Just a minor thing I know, but this drives me nuts. I'm not familiar which
such an old Access but that's all I have to work with here at this job. The
"About" screen says it's Access v7.0. (Is this A95?) It's a simple db with
no switchboard and just queries and a report besides the basic tables (which
we don't access at all).

Is there a way to get the db to start up maximized after we launch this db,
by any chance? I only know how to do this sort of thing in A2K.

Thanks. D

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Yes, Access 7.0 is Access 95.

I don't believe there's any difference in maximizing between the two
versions. What's happening when you're trying in Access 95?

 

[John Vinson]

Is there a way to get the db to start up maximized after we launch this db,
by any chance? I only know how to do this sort of thing in A2K.

You may be able to create a Macro named Autoexec with only one line:

Maximize

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[StargateFanFromWork]

Yes, Access 7.0 is Access 95.

I don't believe there's any difference in maximizing between the two
versions. What's happening when you're trying in Access 95?

I guess, then, that's I can't figure out how to get into the vba and where
to go, etc., like in A2K. I'm so used to that interface that this one
throws me off. I can do really easy things as there are many, many
similarities, but I don't know how to do it in A95.

I'd just like the entire db to open maximized when I launch the mdb file.

Do you know how to do that?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

As John Vinson already suggested, try creating a macro named AutoExec with
the single instruction Maximize.

There isn't a separate VB Editor in Access 95: it's built into the one
window. To get into any module, you simply double-click the module in the
database window. To get into the module associated with a form, there's a
"View Code" button on the button bar, or you can select Code from the View
menu.

 

[StargateFanFromWork]

You may be able to create a Macro named Autoexec with only one line:

Maximize

John W. Vinson[MVP]

So easy? Okay. Sounds good. I'll give it a try.

.....

Wow, it was easy, thanks! Knowing that I was looking for info re an
autoexec macro, a search for maximize eventually led me to the help topic
called, appropriately, "Carry out an action when my database first opens"
and "Create a macro". Different interfaces but turned out to be very easy
to do once I knew how.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! D