Need help with back image form

[oxicottin]

Hello, I downloaded this "
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=130978 sample
database and I was wondering how I could use this form (Without login ect)
for my full screen window and have all my forms on top of it. I like this due
to it opening full screen and covering the taskbar, and access window frame.
One problem is that the form is a pop up and I have to make all my forms pop
ups to be on top and if I click off my pop up form it minimizes behind the
ACC2000: XLogonXP Control form. Is there a way around all of this? Thanks!

 

[Scott McDaniel]

Hello, I downloaded this "
http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=130978 sample
database and I was wondering how I could use this form (Without login ect)
for my full screen window and have all my forms on top of it. I like this due
to it opening full screen and covering the taskbar, and access window frame.
One problem is that the form is a pop up and I have to make all my forms pop
ups to be on top and if I click off my pop up form it minimizes behind the
ACC2000: XLogonXP Control form. Is there a way around all of this? Thanks!

No ... all Access forms must be run inside the Access environment, and you cannot run a form "inside" another form like
a MDI app (although you could add a subform control to the form, and open all your forms in that subform control).

The reason you're not seeing the Access window and taskbar is because the form's Border is set to None, and the form is
Maximized when opening (see the setup sub in the form's code module).

Also, it's generally bad design to completely take over the user's machine and hide the taskbar, Start button, etc etc
.... while you might believe your application is the most important of all time, I'm betting your users also need to
check email, work with Excel, etc etc ...

If you need to make a standalone project where you can open forms inside another form, consider moving to VB classic or
VB.NET ... these allow you to build MDI apps (which is what you're looking to do) and provide a lOT more tools to do
this than does Access (which provides, well, none <g>).