[AccessD] Gui for menu

Marcel

..have you looked at the Toolbar control in Access? ...combined with a 
Treeview it should allow you to dupe the look and feel you're after.

..ms had a sample app with A97 called actctrl.mdb that had several gui 
demos ...including one with the toolbar ...if you can't find it I'm sure I 
still have it in my A97 files ...I've not seen anything similar for A2k and 
up but then I've not looked either.

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "| Marcel Vreuls" <vrm at tim-cms.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:22 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Gui for menu


> Hi Martin,
>
> That is a solution that works and i have used before. The nice thing of 
> the
> panels are the layout which does the listview do not have.
>
> i will keep searching and post what i found. I have found an mde with this
> solution and have just mailt the developer for more information. There is 
> no
> activex ocx or dll deliverd so it has to be an imbedded solution.
>
> Tnx, marcel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of MartyConnelly
> Sent: vrijdag 5 augustus 2005 0:29
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Gui for menu
>
>
> Well I know how this code from Peter is done. it is a treeview in the
> left pane and multiple subforms on the right
> selection triggered by tags on the nodes. I am trying to use this method
> just now for displaying records taxonomy.
> It does wonders on certain types of hierarchical data
> I poached this method from Rebbeca Riordan. There is a downloadable mdb
> here
> Along with the Smart Access article
> It might be cheaper to buy Peter's unlimited license than try and
> rewrite Rebbeca's code to fit.
> "Be still my beating heart" it does get complex with multiple subforms
> unless writing to a fixed pattern.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsmart04/html/sa04k6.asp?frame=true
>
> In the article she states
>
> all you need to do to implement an Explorer-style form in Microsoft 
> Access.
> The sample application uses simple sub-forms created using the form
> wizard for display of the product and beverage
> details, but the detail forms can be arbitrarily complex. You can
> include tabs, nested subforms, whatever is required
> for your application.
> In fact, you can use this same basic structure as the primary navigation
> mechanism for your application instead of a
> Switchboard. Just replace the data hierarchy in the TreeView with the
> hierarchy of functions in your application. You
> can even store the functional hierarchy in one or more tables to allow
> the application to be configured at runtime.
> Just store the name of the pane as a field, and load it at runtime.
> Even though Microsoft Access doesn't support it directly, the
> Explorer-style form architecture is straightforward to
> implement using the TreeView Common Control. This architecture displays
> much of the same information as a more
> traditional Access form with the sub-form in datasheet view, but it's
> more effective when the user wants or needs to
> see a list of the items at all levels of the hierarchy. This isn't
> common during data entry, but it's extremely useful
> when browsing and maintaining information.
>
>
> Charlotte Foust wrote:
>
>>The control panel is made up of applets, so I suspect it would be hard
>>to create its equivalent in Access.  If you don't want to go that far,
>>you might take a look at the A Better Switchboard product offered from
>>Peter's Software:  http://www.peterssoftware.com/abs.htm
>>
>>Charlotte Foust
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: | Marcel Vreuls [mailto:vrm at tim-cms.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:36 PM
>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>Subject: [AccessD] Gui for menu
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Does anyone use a nice menu solution/activex control they use for
>>working with a panel menu within access. I am looking for a solution to
>>create a menu with panels like the control panel menu in the XP
>>configuration.
>>
>>Tnx, marcel
>>
>>
>>
>
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