Report Icon is not showing on Windows STATUS BAR

P

Pele

I have just created an application and have ensured that
the User will only see the Switchboard form. The problem I
noticed is that if the User runs a report by clicking on
the command buttons on the switchboard, I don't see any
icon on the STATUS BAR on Windows. That is,if you display
a report and you go to another Windows screen, you have to
re-click (rerun) the report again to view it.

But if I open the application such taht I can get access
to the underlying query, reports etc, I can run the
reports and I can see the report icon on the status bar.

Can anybody tell me what could be happening and what I can
do to ensure that the USer can run a report and still see
the icons on the status bar.

Pele
 
O

Ofer

You can create a new toolbar call "PrintToolBar" add to it the icon to print
(unless you have one already)
On the load event of the report add the code

docmd.ShowToolbar "PrintToolBar",acToolbarYes

On the unload event of the report add the code
docmd.ShowToolbar "PrintToolBar",acToolbarNo

that way the toolbar will always apear when you want it to, and close when
you close the report
 
P

Pele

The questions is: Why isn't Access showing the icon as it
normally does. ALl teh other applications show an icon for
any opened Table, query, form or report. Before I do this
shortcut, can you tell me what could have happened to
prevent Access from shoing the Report icons. By the way,
the same application shows icons for Tables, Queries and
Forms (just not for Reports).

Pele
 
P

Pele

Also, would your proposed solution work if I open more
than one report at once i.e. all the opened report will be
showing the same toolbar. And if one report closes it,
what will happen to the other reports.

Pele
 
O

Ofer

Sorry I cant answer your question, sometimes when the users operate reports
in run time then the regular toolbar doesn't apear, this is why its always
better to define a toolbar, and run it on load of the report.

the user run the application in run time?
if not then you should consider it.
 
O

Ofer

then don't close it, leave it open the all time.
I did with my application.
I open the toolbar when I run the application, and I never close it, that
way the users can print the screens if they want to.
 
P

Pele

Ofer,

I think you've misunderstood my problem. I do have a
toolbar for this application and it is on as long as the
switchboad is open. I can print or print preview from this
toolbar. The problem I said I am having is with the
Windows STATUS bar (not tool bar) at the bottom part of
Windows; it is not showing the Report icon.

Windows status bar displays all open windows (either from
Access or any other software). The problem is the Windows
status bar does not show the report icons i.e. they are
not identified by windows as being open.

Pele
 
O

Ofer

You right I misunderstood your question, but mybe I can help

if the report PopUp property is set to true then it wont show on the status
bar
 
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