Just wondering how I can add customised menus on MS Access like below.
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Fact: A desktop icon can be changed for a link to a database.
edit Properties
Change Icon...
Look for icons in this file: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Office\Root\VFS\Windows\Installer{90160000-000F-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe
Fact: The user can assign a database icon to the current database
From MS Access 2016 select "File" from the ribbon
Select "Options"
Select "current database" from the left panel
At the Application Icon: select browse.
Question: What path do I use to find the same icon as the desktop icon?
How do i hide all queries/Modules from left hand side of the Access objects in order to prevent user to access them.
You can make objects hidden by right clicking on object>View Properties > Attributes: Hidden = True
you can hide the navigation pane by going to File>Options>Current Database>Navigation>uncheck the 'Display Navigation Pane" box
And you can hide most of the stuff on the ribbon by File>Options>Current Database>Ribbon and Toolbar options> uncheck "Allow Full Menus"
The problem with all of this is that none of it is permanent. Any user can show the navigation pane by hitting F11 or show full menus by right clicking on the quick access toolbar and getting into the access options.
You can automatically do all of this on startup using an autoexec macro but again, a clever person can get around all of it.
You could compile your Access app into an 'MDE' or 'ACCDE' (compiled executable) file: http://www.utteraccess.com/wiki/index.php/Creating_MDE,_ADE,_and_ACCDE_Files
I am designing a web database using Access 2010
I have put a macro which uses the openform action
The Window Mode for this Action is "Dialog". in the dropdown this is the only option which is available for this setting.
when the form opens up, i can see that it is very small and its size is fixed.
I want to set the initial size of the form, or atleast make it resizeable so that uses can enter data properly in the newly opened form
I had the same problem, but found this:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G78tE7JjgDcC&pg=PA775&lpg=PA775&dq=access+2010+macro+set+window%2Bmode&source=bl&ots=bvmf2qN0fL&sig=gcAysal_0g1jJ3gOJP2c5WGVbKE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yMkeUI-KJaWG0AXNu4GoAw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=access%202010%20macro%20set%20window%2Bmode&f=false
(bottom of page 775)
Shows that Access 2010 macros are web based and only open forms in dialogue mode, not tabbed mode as in access. This does not show any other way around the problem! But I'm still looking.
How can you hide the top menu item labeled "Edit" inside an Acccess application?
Thanks
Don
You should be able to define a custom toolbar to be used by your application (pre-2007), one that omits the Edit option. In 2007, you would do this by making a custom ribbon for your application, again - omitting the Edit option
Has anyone found a way to change the icon displayed in the Office Button in A2007?
Having converted an MS Access 2003 app to 2007, it's very annoying that my app is now displayed as an MS Office app instead!
You can certainly hide all of the ribbon and the office button with one line of VBA code in your startup. You can use:
DoCmd.ShowToolbar "Ribbon", acToolbarNo
The above will hide the office button the QAT and the ribbon.
edit:
You were asking how to hide everything. It is just a simple great one of code that will accomplish this for you.
If you are looking to build a custom UI, then you are free to do so. About the only limitation of a custom ribbon is you HAVE to have file button (but, I think every program I installed for 15+ years had a file option anyway).
So, you are most free to customize what that file button shows. You question simply asked how to hide everything and the above does that with ease.
So, if you do want a ribbon, then your custom ribbon can specify startfromScratch = true, then the only UI options you add to your ribbon is what the user will see.
However, a custom ribbon will always have the file button (or what we often call pizza button and that simply part of the ribbon).
You can also consider using menu bars and not showing the pizza button, but 2007 does not have a built in menu bar builder like previous versions did. This abilty to show only a custom menu bar is outlined here:
http://www.accessribbon.de/en/index.php?FAQ:7