Unable to see the Database window in Access 2003

[Guest]

Hello,

I have just taken over maintaining a Access database that was devloped in
Access 2000. I am not very experinced with the security features of Access,
so i am a little stuck. The Database works fine if i open it in Access 2000,
but the organisation i work for has just upgraded to 2003. When I open the
database in 2000, i log in and i am greeted with a form that has some options
one of these options is to display the database window. If i click this in
Access in 2000 sure enough the window is displayed, however in access 2003 it
came up with an error "command window unhide is not availble" So i tried
going in to 2000 and editing the code for the button, this i changed to
windowhide. It still works in access 2000, but in 2003 it just gives me a
blank access rather than showing me the database window.

I have tried pressing f11 (in 2003 this does not work, in 2000 it does )and
going into the startup options in access 2000 but anything i change does not
seem to affect the database when accesed through 2003.

Any help would be grealty appreciated,

Thanks

 

[Amy Blankenship]

What about just going into the menu under Window>Unhide?

-Amy

 

[Guest]

because the menus arnt standard, they have been modified and i cant seem to
get them back in office 2k3..

 

[Amy Blankenship]

I think if you hold the shift key down while the database opens, unless the
previous programmer took steps to disable it, you should be able to bypass
any startup options.

HTH;

Amy