Perplexing Pop Up Problems

[JHB]

Hi:

I hope people do not mind my using this group as much as I am. I have
not created an Access application for years, and my Access manual is
literally falling apart! In fact, the pages dealing with "Pop Up
Windows" has fallen out and is lost.

Anyway, I have a perplexing pop up predicament.

I have created a pop up window (set pop up to "yes"), which is
designed to take about a quarter of a full window in real estate. It
works fine when I activate it from the "Objects/Forms" menu. When
activated from there it is the right size and position. HOWEVER, when
activated through code or a maco the basicl form part appears (in the
top left of the screen) BUT the rest of the window is also covered
with blank space, hiding all he background windows.

Can anyone suggest what I have done wrong, or could do right? Or is
there an on line Access manual that would give me pointers on this?

Thanks

John Baker

 

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JHB wrote, on 24th March 2012 12:00 UTC + 1 :

Hi:

I hope people do not mind my using this group as much as I am. I have
not created an Access application for years, and my Access manual is
literally falling apart! In fact, the pages dealing with "Pop Up
Windows" has fallen out and is lost.

Anyway, I have a perplexing pop up predicament.

I have created a pop up window (set pop up to "yes"), which is
designed to take about a quarter of a full window in real estate. It
works fine when I activate it from the "Objects/Forms" menu. When
activated from there it is the right size and position. HOWEVER, when
activated through code or a maco the basicl form part appears (in the
top left of the screen) BUT the rest of the window is also covered
with blank space, hiding all he background windows.

Can anyone suggest what I have done wrong, or could do right? Or is
there an on line Access manual that would give me pointers on this?

Thanks

John Baker

Hello,

I presume you opened it via DoCmd.OpenForm ?

What did you put in the WindowMode argument ?
acDialog could do it.

 

[JHB]

JHB wrote, on 24th March 2012 12:00 UTC + 1 :














Hello,

I presume you opened it via DoCmd.OpenForm ?

What did you put in the WindowMode argument ?
acDialog could do it.

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Thank you...I have no idea why the "Dialogue" did it but it did! I do
not recall seeing that mentioned anywhere.in any documentation.

Thank you very much..very strange!

John Baker

 

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JHB wrote, on 25th March 2012 20:06 UTC + 1 :

Thank you...I have no idea why the "Dialogue" did it but it did! I do
not recall seeing that mentioned anywhere.in any documentation.

Well, with the cursor on the OpenForm key word, what do you obtain by
depressing F1 ?

 

[JHB]

JHB wrote, on 25th March 2012 20:06 UTC + 1 :


Well, with the cursor on the OpenForm key word, what do you obtain by
depressing F1 ?

Thanks -- I never tried that before. There is a lot I have to learn
about Access I know!

 

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JHB wrote, on 26th March 2012 13:08 UTC + 1 :

Thanks -- I never tried that before. There is a lot I have to learn
about Access I know!

For sure.
Keep at it