access splash screen

[jwb]

is there a way to replace the splash screen for access
with one of your own. I overheard a discussion about this
once. A couple of guys were talking about ways you can
make access appear totally different, like its not access
at all. Anyone know anything about it?

just curious

thanks,

jerry

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Put a BMP file with the same name as your database in the same folder as the
database. (i.e.: If your database is MyDB.mdb, and it's in C:\MyDocuments,
put a file MyDB.BMP in that same folder). That will be used instead of the
standard Access splash screen. You can use a variation of this to have no
splash screen: make the BMP one pixel by one pixel, so that it's not
noticable.

 

[Robert]

While you're at it, you can replace the default Access icon that appears in
the upper left corner of the screen by going to Tools -->
Startup -->Application Icon.

Just make sure the icon is in a location that everyone has access to (like
the folder the database is in).

Robert Smith
http://www.kzsoftware.com/services/msaccess/