Access Developer

[TS]

I created an Access2K application that I want when it opens it doesn't show
the access logo on top of the screen. Is this possible? Access developer will
allow me to do that if I package the app.? Please advise

Thanks a lot.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Create a 1 x 1 bitmap image and save it with the same name as your database
name (with bmp extension) in the same directory with the MDB / MDE file.
When the database is open, the bitmap file will be used as the Splash
screen.

 

[TS]

I meant the blue string that says Microsoft Access with the Key next to it at
the top of the screen not the splash. I need to distribute this app. to the
users anyway, if I package it, will the identity of MS Access disappear?

Thanks

 

[Rick Brandt]

I meant the blue string that says Microsoft Access with the Key next
to it at the top of the screen not the splash. I need to distribute
this app. to the users anyway, if I package it, will the identity of
MS Access disappear?

In startup properties you can specify a different application name and a
different icon. Anyone who has ever seen a few Access apps will still know it's
an Access app so I wouldn't get worked up over that.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

I never tried hiding the fact that the application is Access underneath.
Actually, I think I managed to convince my clients that Access is the
appropriate / efficient tool for their applications. One of the major
selling points is that if I am no longer available, other Access developers
will be able to handle / to support the applications. Personally, I always
give my clients the source MDBs as I think there are so many wasted
applications because the source codes and the original programmers are no
longer available to modify / update the applications.

As Rick wrote, experienced users still know your application is Access
underneath.

However, it is possible to do what you asked but you need to hide the Access
Application windows and hence the Application Title Bar. See The Access Web
article:

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0019.htm

but read the warning in the article carefully. IIRC, there are also some
problems with showing Reports using this method.

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

By changing the application icon, as suggested by Rick Brandt, and changing
the MDI background as demonstrated by Stephen Lebans, one can disguise the
Access window sufficiently, to satisfy most. I use the company logo on the
MDI background and the clients seem to love it. Here's Stephen Lebans' code:

http://www.lebans.com/changemdibackground.htm
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

I never tried hiding the fact that the application is Access underneath.
Actually, I think I managed to convince my clients that Access is the
appropriate / efficient tool for their applications. One of the major
selling points is that if I am no longer available, other Access developers
will be able to handle / to support the applications. Personally, I always
give my clients the source MDBs as I think there are so many wasted
applications because the source codes and the original programmers are no
longer available to modify / update the applications.

As Rick wrote, experienced users still know your application is Access
underneath.

However, it is possible to do what you asked but you need to hide the Access
Application windows and hence the Application Title Bar. See The Access Web
article:

http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0019.htm

but read the warning in the article carefully. IIRC, there are also some
problems with showing Reports using this method.

--
HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)

I meant the blue string that says Microsoft Access with the Key next to

it