Charlie Slack said:
After much looking for how to fix this issue, I found a person with the
exact same problem we have here...
* Under the office button there are only 3 options: Close Database, Exit
Access and Recent Documents.
* The ribbon has only one tab: Home, most of which is greyed out.
* The thing is stuck in Form View and there is no menu to switch view in
the Home ribbon tab.
Someone recommended holding the "Shift" key while opening the database...
and, that worked. Any more information on what might have caused this and
what the "Shift" does would be greatly appreciated.
the shift key is the way you "by-pass" the "user" startup settings...
I expling more on this:
You most certainly can, and should hide all of the ms-access interface. The
options to complete hide and keep people out of the ms-access interface can
easily be done using the tools->start-up options. Using those options allows
you to complete hide the ms-access interface (tool bars, database window
etc).
Also, using these options means you do not have to bother setting up
security.
Try downloading and running the 3rd example at my following web site that
shows a hidden ms-access interface, and NO CODE is required to do
this....but just some settings in the start-up.
Check out:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/msaccess/DownLoad.htm
After you try the application, you can exit, and then re-load the
application, but hold down the shift key to by-pass the start-up options. If
want, you can even disable the shift key by pass. I have a sample mdb file
that will let you "set" the shift key bypass on any application you want.
You can get this at:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/msaccess/msaccess.html
Of course, during development, you will hold down the shift key so your
startup settings don't run. You then develop for awhile, and then to test in
"user" mode, you exit..and then re-enter the application without the shift
key bypassed. You will likely do this dance all day long as you run/test as
user mode, and then flip back in to developer mode (shift key used..so you
don't get the main custom menu). So, you can't develop, or really modify
things when you run your application with the startup settings...so you must
shift-by-pass them when you want to work.
And, in fact, I use alt-f4 to exit the application...the mdb file should
still be highlighted in the windows explore..so, then you hit enter key
(and, hold down shift key if you need be). This key stroke sequence and
exiting and re-entering the application will occur CONSTANTLY all day long
when you are developing.
When you finally have things just right...you create the mde
you plan to distribute...
For 2007, the mdb and mde are now accDB and accDE respectively...
