I would say that 90% of my custom menu bars call, and run my VBA code.
All you need to do is make the code (a function) public, and then simply
place the function name in the buttons on-action event code.
Further, likely often you will have specific code to a particular form, and
once again, you simply declare those functions (in that form) as public.
The syntax to call the code then is:
=YourFunctionName()
Often, (if not most of the time), you code you call will need to pick up
some information about he current screen etc. So, my code most of the time
starts out, and grabs the current screen name. I use:
Public Function AskInvoicePrint()
Dim tblgroupid As Long
Dim frmActive As Form
Set frmActive = Screen.ActiveForm
tblgroupid = frmActive.frmMainClientB.Form!ID
If frmActive.InvoiceNumber = 0 Then
frmActive.InvoiceNumber = nextinvoice
frmActive.Refresh
End If
DoCmd.OpenForm "guiInvoicePrint", , , "id = " & tblgroupid
End Function
The above is code that the invoice print button runs. note how I right away
pick up the active form. After that, I can easily ref the forms object as if
the code was running much like the code would if put behind a button on the
form. In the above example, I also check if a invoice number has been
generated before printing. And, the Refresh forces a disk write if in fact I
do change the invoice number. And, in addition the above clip also passes
the currently selected sub-form item that the invoice print form needs.
Also, if the code you write is for the particular form, then as mentioned,
you can simply place the code into the forms module code. There is no need
to pick up the active screen...and you can use me. as you
always used.
If you want to see some sample menu bars, and why I use them, you can read
the following:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/UseAbility/UserFriendly.htm
As for a menu option that "returns" to the main form? I assume you just
want to close the current form them?
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
The above example has a "close" option in the menu bar that closes the
current form....
