[AccessD] Can it be done?

Yes, but only if they were open and set as 'popup'.  

Drew

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
McLachlan
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:37 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Can it be done?

Wouldn't that make every other form in the same application topmost as
well?


On 31 Mar 2011 at 13:21, Drew Wutka wrote:

> Yes, I'm sending you my 'always on top' demo off list.  You can do
> this with a timer, which is ugly, and pointless.  Access forms are
> subclassed windows, which make them act a little different than
> regular windows. For a regular window, setting the ZOrder to -1 will
> put it on top of other windows.  With an access form, you set the
> ZOrder to -1 for the Access window itself, and then hide the Access
> window.  Then the visible 'popup' form is on top of everything on your
> desktop.
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky
> Smolin Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 12:43 PM To: 'Access Developers
> discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Can it be done?
> 
> Dear List:
> 
> A client - has a law firm - wants a pop up form on an existing time
> keeping form with ten buttons that would be assigned to various
> clients and legal matters.  So when they click a button, the timer
> changes from the current matter to the one assigned to that button and
> starts running the clock for the new matter.
> 
> No problem.
> 
> But he says he also wants that pop up form to be on top when a lawyer
> is working on a word doc or other application so that they can switch
> their timekeeping clock from one matter to another without having to
> go back to the access app to do it since they may have 10 or fifteen
> windows open and finding the access app would be awkward for them.  I
> guess if a lawyer is working on a matter and the phone rings they'd
> want to change the timer from the current matter to the one on the
> phone - things like that.
> 
> Anyway, can this be done?
> 
> MTIA
> 
> 
> Rocky Smolin
> 
> Beach Access Software
> 
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