Dropdown Menu

[John]

Hi
Is it possible to create a css style dropdown menu for an access form
If so, would you please be so kind as to share your knowledge.
There are some 3rd party applications which do this but all are quite
expensive.

Regards

John

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

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

anyway, note the menu options..and how some are even cascading....

To make these menus, you use the mouse + drag and drop (just right click on
an existing menu bar..and then select customize).

 

[John]

Albert
Thanks for the reply.
Some nice stuff there but not quite what I had in mind. I would like to
create a css style menu on a form not using the menu system in access.

Regards

John

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

Albert
Thanks for the reply.
Some nice stuff there but not quite what I had in mind. I would like to
create a css style menu on a form not using the menu system in access.

You can create a right click menu, and it can cascade. And, a cascade menu
can be shown when you click on a button on the form.

So, if you place a button on a form, you can specify the right click menu.

In fact, you don't even have to use the "right click" context...you can code
for the button pressed like:

CommandBars("test1").ShowPopup

So, that should give you what you looking for. You might even be able to
play with the mouse move event, and the user would not even have to actually
click on the button....

 

[John]

Albert,
Thanks for the info, I was just working on the onclick event but the mouse
move is more css menu like eh.
Good stuff.

Kind Regards

John