[AccessD] Access 2007

Like the oil companies: first they sell you leaded gas, then they raise the
price to sell you unleaded gas. Cool. Or, as I told a friend of mine who was
a therapist, "You're in the best business in the world. If it doesn't work,
you blame the customer."

A.

On 1/11/08, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> >It seems to me that you are directing your "disquiet" at the wrong thing.
>
> ROTFL.  Which implies there are way more important things to direct my
> disquiet at?
>
> ;-)
>
> At least now I know that I can overcome this obstacle should I need to and
> apparently force my client to pay me a largish sum of money to learn how
> to
> do it as well.  Cool!  Forcing my client to pay me largish sums to get
> what
> they already had is a good thing!
>
> 8-)
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Schapel
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:22 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007
>
> John,
>
> It seems to me that you are directing your "disquiet" at the wrong thing.
>
> In earlier versions of Access, if you wanted the Menubar to "go away", the
> procedure is to create a custom menubar with no commands, and set that as
> the application Menu Bar under the Tools|Startup menu.
>
> Parallel to this, in Access 2007, if you want the the Ribbon to "go away",
> the procedure is to create a custom ribbon with no tabs, and set that as
> the
> application Ribbon under the Office|Access Options|Current Database menu.
>
> Is it as easy to create a custom Ribbon in Access 2007 as it is to create
> a
> custom Menubar in Access 2003?  No.  For one thing, you have to learn some
> new stuff.  Do I like it?  No.  But it is simply not true to say that you
> don't have the option.
>
> Here is some relevant information:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb258192.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb187398.aspx
>
> In any case, a database that is created in an earlier version of Access,
> with startup options set to not show toolbars etc, will simply open in
> Access 2007 with no ribbon anyway.
>
> If you have custom menubars in applications that you developed in earlier
> version of Access, and then convert the database to Access 2007 format,
> your
> custom menubar will be converted to a group on a ribbon tab.  Access
> provides some options for presenting this in a style more similar to the
> "old" menubar.  Here is some information about this:
> http://accessjunkie.com/faq_31.aspx
> Once again, you would need to build this into a custom ribbon in order to
> get close to what you have now.
>
> Regards
> Steve
>
>
> jwcolby wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > So tell me how you permanently disable them so they never appear when
> > the application starts?  I have menus built in to my applications.
> > Simple, one thin line at the top of the screen.  How do I get the
> > ribbon bar to go away (never ever show) and the menu to appear?
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