Switchboard back door

[Guest]

I have a switchboard in an Access 2003 database and it opens on startup
without menus or database window showing. What is the best way (other than
just F11) to get back into the database when I need to do maintenance? Can
I do this so it is password protected, and no one else can get in.

thanks in advance

 

[Mike Labosh]

I have a switchboard in an Access 2003 database and it opens on startup

without menus or database window showing. What is the best way (other
than
just F11) to get back into the database when I need to do maintenance?
Can
I do this so it is password protected, and no one else can get in.

What has worked for me, is to use an AutoKeys macro to make the {F11}
keystroke not do anything at all. Then add another entry to AutoKeys that
uses some other keystroke (I used CTL+ALT+F11) to run a VBA function that
you write that closes the switchboard and re-shows the database window,
Access menus and toolbars
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Mike Labosh, MCSD

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