Custom Menu

[Dave]

How do you make one and what should be on it?



Thanks in advance
D

 

[tina]

search Access Help for "custom menu" and follow the directions to create a
toolbar (all custom menus are created as toolbars; you change the toolbar to
a menu in the Properties dialog). as for what should be on it - that's your
decision, based on where it's going to be used and what options are needed.

hth

 

[Dave]

Thanks Tina,
I quess a better question is do I even need one?
When I de-select EVERYTHING on database utilities/startup the remaining menu
items seem to give me everything I need (close, Print - both of which I have
Buttons for anyway).
Am I missing something?
D

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

Thanks Tina,
I quess a better question is do I even need one?
When I de-select EVERYTHING on database utilities/startup the remaining
menu items seem to give me everything I need (close, Print - both of which
I have Buttons for anyway).
Am I missing something?

Well, if YOU ARE going to build an application, ask yourself the following
question:

In the last 10+ years when you run and used a typical application for
windows, did it not have a menu bar? (answer = yes!...of course it did).

So, if all those applications you been using had a menu, then would not you
consider doing the same thing?

Here is article of mine, and note how I explain the use of menu bars.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/UseAbility/UserFriendly.htm

 

[Dave]

Thanks for the reply Albert,

I am still a bit confused. When I de-select all the options in the Startup
there is still a menu bar but just with limited "do no harm" functionality.
I quess my question was - is this enough if I have satisfactorally included
the proper functionality in the application itself?

Thanks you also for the link.
D

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

Thanks for the reply Albert,

I am still a bit confused. When I de-select all the options in the Startup
there is still a menu bar but just with limited "do no harm"
functionality. I quess my question was - is this enough if I have
satisfactorally included the proper functionality in the application
itself?

Ah...yes..sure, that is just fine. If you really want to hide the inteface
furhter

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

So, if you really want to hide things further, check the above....