Task bar buttons

[Stanley]

I had application that I upgraded from Access 97 to Access
2002. In 97 only the one icon of of the application was
displayed on the task bar. If another instance of the
application was opened, its icon displayed to the right of
the first icon, and the icons remained positioned that
way. Now, in 2002, the form of the last application
accessed is display as the rightmost icon. The users
prefer to see the Access application icon, and in a fixed
position, as in Access 97.
Is this posible.
Thanks,
Stan

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

Yes, for some reason, usability studies shows that having each form show in
the task bar is easier..and the user can click on any one to "jump" to that
screen.

however, personally..I don't like this new feature (knock on wood...I sure I
will soon find a good example to use this UI feature!).

Anyway, the solution is simple:

Turn off this new feature:

You can go:
Tools->options->View tab:

Uncheck the
[] Windows in Task Bar.

In fact, for all my a2000 and later versions of code, in my main start-up
form, I execute the following command, so I don't have to "set" this feature
on other computers:

Application.SetOption "ShowWindowsInTaskbar", False

So, either use the tools->options, or put the above in your start-up code...

Good luck!