It seems that in Access 2007 we can conceal the "Accessness" of our
application, something which, I think, was not so easy in previous
versions and which I'm not so sure I like:
The screen shot here is Access 2007 but there is nothing Access
showing.
http://www.ffdba.com/AccessLess.png
The app's icon is set and assigned to forms and reports;
Tabbed form windows are turned off (not sure that this is necessary);
A startup form is chosen (shown on image);
Its min and max buttons are disabled;
The form is coded to maximize on open;
Its default shortcut menu is set to false or no;
It quits the app on close.
So, one can work in the form or close it, which closes Access. I
suppose from it one could open similar forms, but I haven't tried
that.
Can it be broken to show Access underneath? I expect so, but it's
interesting (to me) nonetheless.
On Jun 23, 5:35*am, "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkal...@msn.com>
wrote:
You can setup you own startup screen, and build that form to look just about
anyway you want.
That screen could launch other applications, or do whatever you want. You
limited only by your imagination here.
like it is possible to edit the 'Fluent Ribbon'?
Yes, you can change to also...
If so where to find infos about it and under what keywords are those
whitepapers on MSDN avail?
For the startup form, you can specify that by going office button->access
options.
Just choose current database, and you can set the startup form to replace
what you see.
For the ribbon, here some info:
Customizing the Office Fluent User Interface in Access 2007http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb187398.aspx
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Albert D. Kallal * *(Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKal...@msn.com