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

Drew Wutka DWUTKA at Marlow.com
Wed May 12 14:42:40 CDT 2010


No, that's what I said was odd, that the 32 bit already works on a 64
bit machine, what else do that need to fix to port it?

Drew

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

...running 64 bit Office 2010?

William

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From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 2:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] ...table driven command/menu bar interface needed

> So odd, because I'm using the treeview on 64 bit machines all the
time!
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William
> Hindman
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:54 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] ...table driven command/menu bar interface
needed
>
> jc/rocky
>
> ...afaik the office 12/14 object models no longer let you build
> commandbar
> menus from the developer interface ...you have to do it through vba
> ...as
> for 2010, it appears there is now LIMITED customization of the ribbon
> interface available that will allow us to achieve "something" similar
to
> the
> commandbars ...so if I go that route, turning the ribbon off isn't an
> option
> ...it appears that the minimum I can achieve through that is a two row
> interface, one for the tabs and one for the commands ...and there
appear
> to
> be severe limitations on the command flexibility ...right now, I'm
> testing/debugging a table driven command bar menu builder that should
> work
> in both A2k3 and A2010 ...we'll see if it works ...but then I'm afraid
> they'll deprecate the whole command bar object in the next version
> ...the
> @#$%^&%^'s running Office Development appear to have their careers
> invested
> in the ribbon and the Access Development team are having to walk
> carefully
> around it ...now I'm faced with an entire user interface built around
> the 32
> bit MSCOMMctl.ocx treeview that simply won't work in Office 2010 64bit
> because MS refuses to upgrade the common controls to 64bit.
>
> ...am I feeling a bit pissed on? ...you bet, like a tree root in a dog
> park!
>
> William
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