How to remove system menu and title bar

[Bill Murphy]

In an application I have a main form that is tabbed. The system menu does
not appear, and this is what I would like. But when I open a report in
preview mode from within the application the system menu does appear . What
visual basic code is needed to suppress the system menu in report preview?

Also, when in the tabbed form the application title bar does appear, and
does not contain a minimize, maximize or close button. Again this is what I
prefer. However, the title bar in report preview does contain each of these
buttons. What code is needed to hide or remove them?

Bill

 

[OldPro]

In an application I have a main form that is tabbed. The system menu does
not appear, and this is what I would like. But when I open a report in
preview mode from within the application the system menu does appear . What
visual basic code is needed to suppress the system menu in report preview?

Also, when in the tabbed form the application title bar does appear, and
does not contain a minimize, maximize or close button. Again this is what I
prefer. However, the title bar in report preview does contain each of these
buttons. What code is needed to hide or remove them?

Bill

Your problems stem from the fact that reports are neither popup nor
modal. The menu can be removed, however. Put the appropriate code in
the open and close events of the report:
Application.CommandBars("MainMenu").Visible = False

 

[Bill Murphy]

I tried this code but got a runtime error 5, "Invalid procedure call or
argument". I tried "Menu Bar" as the name instead of "MainMenu" and got a
different error "Method visible of 'commandbar' failed".

Any further suggestions on this?

Bill

 

[OldPro]

I tried this code but got a runtime error 5, "Invalid procedure call or
argument". I tried "Menu Bar" as the name instead of "MainMenu" and got a
different error "Method visible of 'commandbar' failed".

Any further suggestions on this?

Bill







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That was just an example. If you don't know the name of your main
menu, then perhaps you haven't made one. To get rid of the default
menu, try setting the form's MenuBar property to =1 . Usually it is
better to replace the default menu with your own custom menu.

 

[Bill Murphy]

I used the -1 in my report and that worked well. It just left a report icon
on the menu line, and the user can only use this to minimize, maximize or
close the report.

My other question below relates to the blue title bar at top of screen when
in report preview. Currently if the user clicks on the X close button in
the upper right it attempts to close the application. This does not work
well since in this process it can't find my frmMain, and displays an error
message. Is there a way to hide the close button, or to give it enough
information to close down the application gracefully?

Bill

 

[Ricoy-Chicago]

Did you try to code the [On Close] event (report properties) to either open
your main screen or quit application?

I have a similar problem to Bill's...

Evertyhing work but when I run a simulation as what a user is supposed to
do. When a form opens, the name of the form shown in the Blue title bar. Is
there a way to hide the blue title bar? I have hidden the command and
toolbars already.

 

[Bill Murphy]

I believe the close button (X) on the title bar that is visible when in
report review mode must relate to the entire application. If the user
clicks this it must be executing a quit command. I'd like to hide this and
only allow the user to close the application using a command button in my
main form.

Bill

Did you try to code the [On Close] event (report properties) to either
open
your main screen or quit application?

I have a similar problem to Bill's...

Evertyhing work but when I run a simulation as what a user is supposed to
do. When a form opens, the name of the form shown in the Blue title bar.
Is
there a way to hide the blue title bar? I have hidden the command and
toolbars already.

I used the -1 in my report and that worked well. It just left a report
icon
on the menu line, and the user can only use this to minimize, maximize or
close the report.

My other question below relates to the blue title bar at top of screen
when
in report preview. Currently if the user clicks on the X close button in
the upper right it attempts to close the application. This does not work
well since in this process it can't find my frmMain, and displays an
error
message. Is there a way to hide the close button, or to give it enough
information to close down the application gracefully?

Bill