Hiding the menu bar and "x", min/max buttons

[Carol Crowley]

I need to set up a notebook with a program that allows users to enter their
guess of how many jelly beans in a jar. It needs to be completely secure,
but I also need to get reports of all the guesses, be able to sort, etc.

I wrote a database with a form that allows for the data entry. I've set it
up so that the min/max and exit buttons aren't shown (only on the form) and
so that it opens straight to the form and the form can't be closed. I've
managed to also get rid of all menus except for the help "type a question"
thingie and the Adobe Acrobat menu. I've also found code to disable the "X"
and the close and exit options on the window. But, it's messy.

How do I keep the users from minimizing the application? Is there an easier
way to keep them from seeing the menu bar and the "x" and min/max?

- Carol

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

You best build you own menu bar...one with no options..or with perhaps a
quit option....

You most certainly can, and should hide all of the ms-access interface. The
options to complete hide and keep people out of the ms-access interface can
easily be done using the tools->start-up options. Using those options allows
you to complete hide the ms-access interface (tool bars, database window
etc). Also, using these options means you
do not have to bother setting up security.

Try downloading and running the 3rd example at my following web site that
shows a hidden ms-access interface, and NO CODE is required to do
this....but just some settings in the start-up.

Check out:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/msaccess/DownLoad.htm

After you try the application, you can exit, and then re-load the
application, but hold down the shift key to by-pass the start-up options. If
want, you can even disable the shift key by pass. I have a sample mdb file
that will let you "set" the shift key bypass on any application you want.
You can get this at:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/msaccess/msaccess.html