The Access form's control box has available an "X" to close and the
min/max buttons.
Is it possible to customize the control box to include other options
and to isnert my own icons/command buttons?
lq
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This is what I'm trying to accomplish for every form in my Access 2K
app:
Form (not application) title has the following:
Left Side:
NO icon on the left edge, or maybe an icon of my chosing
NO controls (Move/Close) when clicking the icon
YES the form caption
Right Side:
YES An icon of my chosing, maybe two, depending on the form, that the
user can click to make things happen.
YES the Close button.
Is this remotely possible?
Sure, just make direst calls to the Win API. While you're at it, why not
re-code the Windows OS to make your app as non-standard as possible?
Users expect and deserve a common interface with all Windows apps. I've
found it more productive to add error checking to handle the occasional user
misstep, than to remove common GUI elements and the ability of users to
choose their own work flow.
"Lauren Quantrell" <la************ *@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. . This is what I'm trying to accomplish for every form in my Access 2K
app:
Form (not application) title has the following:
Left Side:
NO icon on the left edge, or maybe an icon of my chosing
NO controls (Move/Close) when clicking the icon
YES the form caption
Right Side:
YES An icon of my chosing, maybe two, depending on the form, that the
user can click to make things happen.
YES the Close button.
Is this remotely possible?
You're right. We should have all left it looking like Windows 2.0 a
long time ago. Or maybe 3.1, or maybe Windows 98-2000, or maybe
WindowsXP.
My point - all of these OS have substantially different GUI flavors and
co-exist on desktops in overlapping intervals.
I'm talking about adding an extra icon to the menu bar for god's sake!
But I'll accept your pistol whipping as a future restraint in the event
I start wanting to invent a Martian OS. Chill baby...
lq
I am a real heathen. I don't give my users any toolbars or menus in any
forms at all - far too dangerous. You never know what the little
buggers will do, then you have a constant flow of help me messages from
them and a load of extra work to fix what they have done.
I do use toolbars, designed by me, for reports though.
You can achieve what you want by creating and deploying a toolbar to
use with your forms. It is so long ago that I designed my report bar
that I forget how I did it now, but if you research Help on Toolbars
you will get what you need. If you need any help, e-mail me and I will
rejuvenate the little grey cells.
On 18 Oct 2005 03:52:54 -0700, "summerwind " <su************ *@btinternet.co m> wrote: I am a real heathen. I don't give my users any toolbars or menus in any
forms at all - far too dangerous. You never know what the little
buggers will do, then you have a constant flow of help me messages from
them and a load of extra work to fix what they have done.
Well, we fired all the users and replaced them by monkeys. That's real empowerment!
Agreed on the users. However, I'm talking an entrerprise app with 1000+
multinational users. Vanilla Access doesn't fly.
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