Hide All Windows

[Guest]

How do I hide all of the MS Access windows and only leave the Switchboard
form up after the database is opened?

I figured out the basic Hide, now I need the main Access window to go away
as the first action line fo the Autoexec macro.

 

[Brian Bastl]

Ed,

Is this what you're after?

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0019.htm

Brian

 

[Guest]

Thank you.

Ed,

Is this what you're after?

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0019.htm

Brian

 

[Guest]

After I entered the code, it does not do what I want it to do. It still
leaves the main Access window (with the main menu bar) on the screen. and I
keep hitting the error messages with or without a form open.

My goal is to have the Switchboard in the middle of the screen as if it was
a stand alone program window and all forms afterwards will be handeled the
same way.

Thanks.................

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

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

 

[Guest]

I am asking this same question and several folks seem to get it, i don't...
Where do I put this code? I have tried to insert it when my main form opens.

 

[tracktraining]

I am looking for the same thing... did you ever figure it out?

 

[Mike Painter]

Placing the form whre you want it and saving it will usually cause it to
open where you saved it.
However if you want *Just* the form to stand alone outside the Access
environment, that will not happen. You will have to move to VB for such an
effect.

 

[tracktraining]

I am able to have the forms stand alone outside of the Access environment
(access envir. window is completely minimized) (pop-up ON) via VB.

But when I maximized the Access environment it shows the Access window. Is
there a way for it not to show the access window period? Like If Access
environment = maximized then call some function to hide/minimized the Access
window?