[AccessD] Strange Behaviour with Popup Forms in Acc2007

Back when I used to use Access as an interface, I liked to put my forms
on the desktop (hide the Access window).  In 97, it worked fine to make
the windows 'popup', but in 2000 and later, initially, the code I had
for hiding the Access window also required the window to be modal, to
show up on the desktop.  Found a way around that, which might help
circumvent the bug you have run into:

Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Const SW_HIDE = 0
Private Const SW_SHOW = 5


'put the above in the forms declarations , then the following in the on
load event (or on open)

ShowWindow Me.hwnd, SW_SHOW
Me.Repaint


Hope that helps.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MACE, Terry
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 5:23 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Strange Behaviour with Popup Forms in Acc2007

John,

None of the forms are modal but all are pop up. I've also found another
area in the database that exhibits the same behaviour and it's also
fired from a double-click event. All the ones that are fired from a
command button work fine.
You may be right in that it is a bug.

Regards

Terry Mace
Logistics Support Officer & Maintenance Supervisor
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