[AccessD] ...table driven command/menu bar interface needed

<<...I'm wondering when the idiots behind the ribbon fiasco in Office will 
finally get the fact that a LOT of people DON"T have 2400x1600 screens, 
including millions of notebook users ...will it be before or after a 
critical mass decide to move beyond Office?>>

  Think they already got that message; Office 2007 did not sell very well
and so far, I can't find anyone that is really has gotten excited about 2010
either (they might be just feeling a chill on that one yet).

Jim. 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 10:26 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] ...table driven command/menu bar interface needed


Doug

...no ...it's the new ...limited ...ribbon customization feature in 2010 
that lets you hide the ribbon and show custom minimalist tabbed menus that 
are "similar" to the old command bars ...aad has an add-in that demonstrates

some of what can be done but it doesn't take it very far ...my point is that

I can reclaim that screen space in 2010 with a table driven interface, 
something that was extremely difficult to do in 2007 without leaving your 
app wide open to users playing with your gui.

...I've found some table driven command bar code for 2003 and once I have it

working satisfactorily, I'll port it to 2010 with the intent that the table 
structure/data be identical and the gui interface as similar as feasible 
considering that 2010 offers a lot of gui improvements that I want to take 
advantage of ...just not the damned ribbon.

...I'm wondering when the idiots behind the ribbon fiasco in Office will 
finally get the fact that a LOT of people DON"T have 2400x1600 screens, 
including millions of notebook users ...will it be before or after a 
critical mass decide to move beyond Office?

William

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From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 7:18 PM
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] ...table driven command/menu bar interface needed

>
> William,
>
> Is this functionality in Access 2010 or is it something you are 
> developing?
> Is there any documentation of the lightweight command bar on M$ web sites?
>
> Doug
>
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> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:28 PM
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> Subject: [AccessD] ...table driven command/menu bar interface needed
>
>
> ...so I've been experimenting with using a menu bar dropdown gui instead,
> especially now that Access2010 lets me ditch the ribbon in favor of a
> lightweight command bar menu again ...and it works ...maximizes my screen
> space availability and is pretty user/security friendly.
>
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