[AccessD] custom toolbar

Anita Smith anita at ddisolutions.com.au
Tue Jan 21 19:12:04 CST 2014


Rocky,
I have a couple of apps still out there being run in a mixture of A2003 and A2010  environments. I have retained the Access 2003 toolbars throughout the applications (i.e. the ribbon is nowhere in sight).

As far as I remember the trick was setting the toolbar options while in Access 2013 (Select a custom menu bar & don't allow full menus) and that  would carry over to any subsequent versions. You would need a 'main' custom toolbar for this to work - my apps only have a close button on the main toolbar and all other toolbars attached to reports and forms show up as expected.

Here is something about toolbars that you might find handy.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/access-help/use-the-custom-toolbars-and-startup-settings-from-earlier-versions-of-access-HA010342090.aspx

These days I only cater for later versions of Access and I've given up on toolbars.  I just minimize/maximize the ribbon via code when I need to.

Anita 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Friday, 17 January 2014 7:41 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] custom toolbar

Dear List:
 
I made a custom toolbar with one button - a close button - for all the reports in preview mode in a 2003 app.  Works fine in 2003, But the toolbar doesn't show when running the app in 2007 or 2010. 
 
But the target user for this app might be running 2003,7, or 10.  So the problem is to find a really user stupid/foolproof way to close the reports that are previewed.  On the client's machine - running 2007 - the there's not even control box with an x to close the report although it shows in 2003.  
 
This is an mdb BTW but when deployed it'll be an mde.
 
Is there some foolproof, intuitive way to be sure you can close a report being previewed?
 
MTIA
 
Rocky
 
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