Menu Bar

[Guest]

Is there any way of 'hiding' the menu bar when you start an Access application?
When I start my application it shows my start up screen but also a menu bar
containing:-

File Edit Insert Records Window Help

Also, when I select the Customer button on my main screen, my Customer
screen is displayed but this also has a menu bar containing:

File Window Help

Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

Tezza,

Try going into Tools, then Startup. You will find options to disable your
menu's.

 

[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/

The above sample also shows how differnt menu bars can be show for differnt
forms (again without the need for code).

Genearlly, the trick to make this work is to make sure all of the custom
menu bars you have are NOT shown.

 

[Guest]

Hi again,
I have already tried that.
None of the boxes in the Startup screen are ticked.
I do have an Application Name and a start up form.
The Menu Bar and Shortcut Menu bar just say <default>.
No matter what I do I cannot get rid of the opening Menu Bar.
Any other ideas that might help?
Cheers

 

[Guest]

Do you wish to hide the built-in menu bar, or all menu bars, or both menu
bars and toolbars?

If you just want to hide the built-in menu bar and display only your own
custom menu bar, then first ensure that your custom menu bar is displayed,
then select the Tools -> Startup... menu to open the Startup dialog window.
Select the name of the custom menu bar in the "Menu Bar:" combo box, then
uncheck the "Allow Full Menus" check box, then close the Startup dialog
window. Only your custom menu bar is displayed. Whenever you open this
database, the built-in menu bar will be displayed for a second (well, that
depends upon how fast your CPU is and how much memory is being used), then it
will be replaced by your custom menu bar.

If you want to hide all menu bars, including your own custom menu bar, then
first ensure that your custom menu bar is displayed, then select the Tools ->
Startup... menu to open the Startup dialog window. Select the name of the
custom menu bar in the "Menu Bar:" combo box, then uncheck the "Allow Full
Menus" check box, then close the Startup dialog window. Close the database.
Open the database again, then right-click on the menu bar and select
"Customize..." from the pop-up menu to open the Customize dialog window.
Select the "Toolbars" tab and uncheck the name of your custom menu bar.
Select the "Close" button to save your change.

All menu bars are now hidden.

If you want to hide all menu bars and toolbars, then execute the steps
listed above, but also uncheck the "Allow Built-In Toolbars" check box in the
Startup dialog window. Or you may hide the entire Access window on start up.
Please see the following Web
page for instructions:

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

To adjust these start up settings in the future, open the database while
pressing the <SHIFT> key and continue holding the <SHIFT> key until the
database is completely open. The built-in menu bar and toolbar will appear,
so select the Tools -> Startup... menu to change these start up settings.

HTH.
Gunny

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