[AccessD] Forms liberated

I was under the impression that forms (in fact every access object) were not real "windows" to 
Windows but graphics drawings, and that as such they were restricted to be "inside" of the Access 
program window (real window to Windows).  I will have to go back and look at Access 2003 behavior to 
see if this "liberation" exists in 2003 as well.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 8/19/2013 9:06 PM, Dan Waters wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> You can set the Modal property = True and the Popup property to False.  This
> prevents clicking on any form other than the one just opened, without the
> form going off-screen.  However, it is then possible to open another form
> programmatically which would cover the modal form, thus completely locking
> up the application for anyone.  With that in mind ...
>
> HTH,
> Dan
>
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>
> Further to my previous post, it appears that setting the popup property true
> is what allows the form to move outside of the access container window.  Is
> this something new to Access 2007?  My client doesn't like it so I am
> looking for an alternative other than removing the popup property.
>
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