[AccessD] Navigation pane

Hey, if doing that brought a cessation of pain and suffering ... I'd sure
declare victory and call it a day! Glad to hear.
Thanks,

Bill

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Turner
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:44 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Navigation pane

William Thanks again for the reply. I made a new form copied all the buttons
and code to it and it works like it should. GO Figure. I did have some test
code for buttons that were not on the form that I did not copy but I can't
see where that would cause it since it wasn't being called.

Steve A. Turner
Controller
Mid-South Engineering Co. Inc
E-Mail: sturner at mseco.com and saturner at mseco.com



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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:48 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Navigation pane

Steve,

I assume no code like this is hiding the navigation pane:
                 DoCmd.NavigateTo "acNavigationCategoryObjectType"
                 DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdWindowHide Even so, that would hide
the pane, not disable it Next, while the form is running and the navigation
pane is present, try this *To enable an object, right-click the object, and
then click Unhide in this Group .
*To unhide a group, right-click the group, and then click Unhide .

If that doesn't help, read further.

I would work on a replica of the database, not the production version, while
doing testing. I would also save what I am doing at intermediate steps, kind
of like working your way through an old dungeons and dragons game and
wanting to check out what's in that cavern over there without risk of final
death!

If you think it is a corrupt form or some issue with its controls or
code:
Have you tried building a fresh form in the designer and pasting all the
controls and all the code from the old form to see if the problem persists?
When you navigate (Activate) other forms, AFTER this form has loaded but
BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT this one still in the background, is the Navigation
Pane re-enabled? That would be really strange, right? Because even if there
is some code running in the other form which has hooked and set the
Navigation Pane in a certain manner, inadvertently, it's dubious that there
is any code on OTHER forms which is setting it back. So if IT IS getting set
back when navigating between forms, then I would think it really has to be a
very bad form in the database.

You mention things being made invisible and visible. Is there a chance you
hooked the Navigation Pane in a For Each Loop while intending to make other
objects invisible? I'd check there first. One sledge hammer approach would
be (in a copy of the form) to search and replace the word INVISIBLE and make
that VISIBLE -- which will interfere with your form greatly, but it is a
temporary check ... rerun the form, and see if the problem is there. If so,
then you know it is during one of those operations where your form is making
something invisible, that the problem is occurring. Standard debugging steps
from there on out...

Rebuilding Forms:
Code by Arvin Meyer, for saving forms and rebuilding from text
http://tinyurl.com/3n7o7ge . Uses the undocumented SaveAsText and
LoadFromText feature.
               modify code to rebuild a single form. Once the form is saved
(SaveAsText),
               delete object, compact and repair, use LoadFromText to
restore it.
               Compile.



Selective replacement of objects:
Make sure if the object is referred to in code or elsewhere, you change
those references. This will help:
http://tinyurl.com/3cwvuuk   [WhereisObjectUsed.txt.]

Most obvious Steps # 1:
 (1) try working with a copy of the problematic form - not likely to resolve
anything but a quick sanity check.

Most obvious Steps # 2:
 (2) try importing the same form from the backup (production) to this copy
of the database (testing version)

-- If the copy has the same issues it's worthwhile going further with
testing.
-- If not, I would simply kill the old form and continue with the
replacement.

OK, so it is still not resolved? (not surprised!) - Now test the old
controls.

 (3) Using the copy you made in (1) or (2) above,

      Remove all controls, and any code behind the form which might refer to

      the controls. Launch form ... still have problem with Nagivation Pane?

OK, so it is still not resolved? (not surprised!) - Now recreate the form.
(4) Create a new form (no controls), Change Form properties to match the old
form, Launch new form...


OK, so it is still not resolved? (not surprised!) -Form Level  Event Code
only:
(5) Add as much event code from the old form to the new form as you can, but
comment
      out (or don't copy code which refers to controls, because you have not
added any controls yet.
      Initially also comment out calls to functions and procedures (anything
other than Form Event code),
      they will have  to be tested one at a time.


OK, so it is still not resolved? (not surprised!) - Other Functions and
Procedures:
 (6)  When it comes to testing procedures and functions, if they refer to
objects on your form,
      Obviously they cannot be tested before you put the controls on the
form.

OK, so it is still not resolved? (not surprised!) - *COPIED* Form
Controls:
 (7) Adding controls. As much as possible, try to copy the controls from the
old form, first saving the form
      with a new name to try to catch some point when things head south.
      Using the old controls will preserve names and other properties, which
can be a real pain in the ... uh, neck...
      to replicate entirely accurately. If you can add control one at a time
and suddenly the problem shows up,
      then you get to keep all the other controls as they were copied.

If you bothered getting this far, let me know where things stand after
trying these steps.
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