Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Tue Oct 28 12:32:00 CST 2003
Thanks John Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby > Sent: 28 October 2003 15:44 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Disabling the user > > > Andy, > > It's now up there in A97 format if you need it immediately. > > John W. Colby > www.colbyconsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:21 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Disabling the user > > > Thansk John I'll take a look. It'll have to wait til I get > home though cos am on user site and they only have A97. > -- > Andy Lacey > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > > > --------- Original Message -------- > From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Disabling the user > Date: 28/10/03 19:38 > > > OK, I have a demo up on my web site using the progress form > from Carl Tribble's excellent relinker. This progress form is > sooo excellent I use it in all of my projects. It allows you > to display a progress bar, display progress messages, close > when finish etc. The demo was whipped up in about 30 minutes > and the code is simple and demonstrates how to use the main > features of the form. > > Open www.colbyconsulting.com , then click on Misc Demos, then > the hotlink. > > Enjoy. > > John W. Colby > www.colbyconsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of > William Hindman > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:17 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Disabling the user > > > ....can't think of any reason it wouldn't ...stops the user > from intervening ....I'd give them some feed back though > ...you might hide the main form and unhide it when the popup > closes ...make sure your error handler works or it might get ugly :) > > William Hindman > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in > your lifetime? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:04 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Disabling the user > > > > Hi William > > That's an interesting thought. What do you see as the sequence of > > events? Would I open the modal form and have IT run the > routine? Then > > have the routine close the form when it's finished? Does that work? > > > > -- > > Andy Lacey > > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > --------- Original Message -------- > > From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Disabling the user > > Date: 28/10/03 16:51 > > > > > > ....off the top of my head, one way would be to open a > > user-control-free modal pop-up form over the main form from the > > cmdbutton and close it when your routine is finished? > ...put a warning > > label or a progress bar on the pop-up ...HTH :) > > > > William Hindman > > <http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your > > lifetime? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> > > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:24 AM > > Subject: [AccessD] Disabling the user > > > > > > > Hi folks > > > If you want a routine (called from a command button) to finish > > > before > the > > > user can do anything else in the app how would you achieve that, > > > short > of > > > putting up a message saying "Wait" and cutting their > fingers off if > > > they don't? The forms quite busy and there are a number > of buttons > > > they could press, or close the form etc, and I could write a > > > function which just disabled all of those things then re-enabled > > > them when the routine's finished, but it's a bit messy. > Is there a > > > cleaner way of just > temporarily > > > disabling the app? > > > -- > > > Andy Lacey > > > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > ________________________________________________ > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/a> ccessd > Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >