[AccessD] Access Requests

I just checked Access 2003 and in the VBA editor the Windows menu only lists
the modules that are truly open. So it seems they may have addressed this
issue.  Who knows though, they may have put it back in the latest version of
Access.  If I recall in A97, since the VBA editor was not a separate program
Show Windows encompassed both the MSAccess side and the VBA editor side.  In
A2K when they split out the VBA editor is when things changed.  

Jennifer

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:26 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Requests

I completely agree about how this is a case of "different strokes for
different folks". 

As it happens I'm a keyboard shortcut collector. While I will often *look*
at the taskbar to quickly check what's running, I almost invariably use
Alt-Tab to jump between application. Here though I have to stress
"Applications". To me MSAccess is one application, and if I happen to have
four forms, a report and a couple of queries open in design view, I don't
want to use half a dozen extra Alt-Tabs to cycle though all those Access
windows, which is why I never have the option set. Once I get into the
Access window it's second nature to me to use Ctrl-F6 to cycle though *its*
MDI windows, and to also use Ctrl-F4 to close the active one.

As for the VBA editor, the way things work (in Access 2002) are kind of
bizarre. I just opened an MS app, selected one module and hit the "Design"
button. The VBA editor opens, but if you look at the Windows menu in the
editor you'll see that what looks like *every* module in the application is
listed as Open - over 100 windows. 

So if you get your wish I for one hope that it will be a user selectable
option. :-)

My wish would be that the VBA editor only lists modules that have actually
been opened

Lambert

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Gross
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:44 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Requests

Hi Lambert,

Interesting how different people see things differently.  I take no notice
of the 'clutter' on the taskbar.  I move very, very quickly from one window
to another with Alt-Tab - almost never look to the taskbar to find the
window I need.

So, to hopefully use the proper jargon, my wish list for tools in Access
that don't already exist is an option in the VBA editor to treat each MDI
window (module) as a discreet SDI window, just like they have in the
MSAccess application.

Jennifer
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