[AccessD] Observations on AC 2007 (not good)

If I go the A2010 runtime path then backward compatibility may not be 
an issue.  Then I could just do everything in A2010 which sounds like 
a better way.

Does anyone have any experiences with the A2010 runtime?

David

At 15/12/2010, Darryl Collins wrote:

>Not sure if this is going to help or not.  In Excel I have had the 
>same issue.  Using XL2010 you can create your own custom ribbon tabs 
>and have those tabs as the only one(s) visible to the user.  This 
>means having to recode your existing commandbar functionality into 
>XML code. The main downside is it will stuff up your 'backward' 
>compatiblity.  XML ribbon code won't work in earlier version where 
>command bars will.
>
>Office 2007 is far less flexible on modding the ribbon.
>
>A good plan B would be to force A2010 only to show the addin tab so 
>you can use your exisiting command bars. I haven't tried that in 
>A2010, but it should be possible.  That is not an option for A2007 though...
>
>Anyway... hope that is useful.
>
>cheers
>Darryl.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David Emerson
>Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 6:04 PM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Observations on AC 2007 (not good)
>
>I have come across the situation where I want to hide the A2007
>Ribbon but still show my custom menu (Database is A2002
>format).  Dan's code below works well for hiding the Ribbon but as is
>noted below, so is my custom menu hidden.
>
>Is there any easy solution to this problem?  Would using an A2010
>runtime make the problem easier?
>
>Regards
>
>David Emerson
>Dalyn Software Ltd
>Wellington, New Zealand