Help with custom menus

[Mike Robinson]

Hello,
I would like to get some advice from anyone on how to create custom menus. I
would like for my menus to stay with my application file and not affect the
general access application installed on users machines.

What I am trying to accomplish:
1. Hide the standard Access Menus & Toolbars, NOT the application title bar.

2. Show just my Custom Menu. I did a little reading and am a little
confused. I read about Global menus, and then there are form menus. I am not
sure which way to go here.

3. I tried to create a custom menu…but it had the “type here for helpâ€
dropdown box on it. I don’t want this.

4. I also don’t want to have a close, min/max etc… on it. I want these
controls on the application header as normal.

5. My particular application consists of one main form, and one sub form.
The menus are currently on the side of the main form, but I think it would be
a better use of “realstate†if I used the Menu approach. The main form is
open all the time. It is the subform that I use for my various forms, except
for popups and such.

6. Can the menus be formed using VBA?

Please give me any input or direction to examples. Thanks for all the expert
help this group has given me in the past!

Thanks to All

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hello,
I would like to get some advice from anyone on how to create custom
menus. I would like for my menus to stay with my application file and
not affect the general access application installed on users machines.

What I am trying to accomplish:
1. Hide the standard Access Menus & Toolbars, NOT the application
title bar.

AFAIK it is not even possible to hide the application title bar.

2. Show just my Custom Menu. I did a little reading and am a little
confused. I read about Global menus, and then there are form menus. I
am not sure which way to go here.

As long as you create a totally NEW command bar then it will be stored in
your file and other users will see it oon their PCs. Changes you make to
BUILT IN command bars are on your PC only and will appear in all files.

3. I tried to create a custom menu.but it had the "type here for help"
dropdown box on it. I don't want this.

There is a way to eliminate that bit I don't know off-hand what it is.

4. I also don't want to have a close, min/max etc. on it. I want these
controls on the application header as normal.

Those controls for a maximized object will appear in the application's main
menu bar. If you don't have a main menu bar then they won't appear at all
and the object can be "stuck" with no way to restore or close it. As a
Windows convention ALL apps should have a main menu bar even if it contains
no menu items.

5. My particular application consists of one main form, and one sub
form. The menus are currently on the side of the main form, but I
think it would be a better use of "realstate" if I used the Menu
approach. The main form is open all the time. It is the subform that
I use for my various forms, except for popups and such.

6. Can the menus be formed using VBA?

I suppose so, but why do that when it is so easy via the GUI? I mean unless
you want to create menus on the fly I see no reason to use code.

 

[Mike Robinson]

Thanks Rick,
I have done some more research and studying since my post. Your response
answers my questions...Thanks.

I do however have a current application without the Access Title Bar
visible. I created a main form, Popup & Modal both I think, then added a
simulated title bar to the top of this form with my own min/max/close
buttons. This does work, but I have failed to see why I did it in the first
place....just bored i guess.

Anyway thanks Rick for the insight & direction.