I would like to change the color of the actual access database background. I've done my forum searching and found many many threads explaining how to do this but i cant open any of the sample DB's. Access says the file is readonly and you need to be able to edit upon the first opening or something to that affect. I assume its becuse the sample is a newer or older access than im running(XP)
Sorry to rehash old threads but i cant get the info from them.
Can anyone help..Grey sucks ha
I have made a form on access which will be used by other employees within the company, however they have never used access before and they are wanting to access only just the form as I feel with Access and all the tools in the background will confuse them, plus I don't want them editing the data base its self.
Is there a way to only bring up the form, unless I obviously need to edit the date base.
I've done some research on Google and it seems I need to use:
SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE
However I can not seem to find how I would use this or where?
and also if i did find a way to only bring up the form, how would I be able to switch it from that veiw to the veiw I edit in?
I was wondering if this was possible. I did a search on Google and on this form and I could not find anything. Is it possible to display a form without displaying Microsoft access in the background? In other words I would like to display just the form alone with access running or if possible a way to have access minimized with the form still showing. If anyone knows any tricks on this could be performed I would be very grateful.
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _ ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Public Function fAccessWindow(Optional Procedure As String, Optional SwitchStatus As Boolean, Optional StatusCheck As Boolean) As Boolean
If Procedure = "Hide" Then dwReturn = ShowWindow(Application.hWndAccessApp, SW_HIDE) End If If Procedure = "Show" Then dwReturn = ShowWindow(Application.hWndAccessApp, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED) End If If Procedure = "Minimize" Then dwReturn = ShowWindow(Application.hWndAccessApp, SW_SHOWMINIMIZED) End If If SwitchStatus = True Then If IsWindowVisible(hWndAccessApp) = 1 Then dwReturn = ShowWindow(Application.hWndAccessApp, SW_HIDE) Else dwReturn = ShowWindow(Application.hWndAccessApp, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED) End If End If
If StatusCheck = True Then If IsWindowVisible(hWndAccessApp) = 0 Then fAccessWindow = False End If If IsWindowVisible(hWndAccessApp) = 1 Then fAccessWindow = True End If End If End Function
I am using Access 2010 and trying to hide the background access window, so that only my forms are visible to the end users.
After researching, I found these VBA codes, but I always get an error. I have changed all my forms & reports to Pop-up and Modal. This is the code that I use on OnLoad of the Main (first form):
When I open my the database- the mian window is still there and I get an error
"The espression On Load you entered as the even property setting produced the following error: Only comments may appear after End Sub, End Function or End Property.
*The expression may not result in the name of a macro, the name of a user-defined function, or [Even Procedure]. *There may have been an error evaluating the function, event or macro.
I'm using the changebackgroundcolor.zip sample that I found here at Lebans site. URL....I'm trying to find a way to keep the color that I picked after the database closes. I tried to follow the example here URL....but couldn't get it to work.how to get the color to stay on the color that was picked from the dialog box?
Form_A (main form for the application - should always be open) Form_B (always open, but sometimes has visibility set to false) Form_C (opens from button on Form_B)
When I press the button on Form_B, the only code behind it is DoCmd.OpenForm "Form_C". This seems to hide Form_B, and open Form_C behind Form_A (which is the main form of the application) inside of an Access window.
I would like Form_C to open in front of Form_B. I suspect that I set up the form incorrectly or something when I created it, and it is therefore opening inside an Access window.
All access application is realized as MDI container. (if I'm right)
In this case it is possible to set the MDI object background image instead develop splash screen. This picture always in background form open another forms or reports, does not depend on the screen resolution, etc, etc ... Splash screen must be removed in order to realize the other forms or reports.
How to set Access 2013 application backgroundimage, and backgroundImageLayout?
hello friends if anyone of the access gurus here had a chance to download and use the Form demo from Microsoft website you would have notieced that the background is actually a bmp picutes of cloudes. Can anyone tell mehow they manage to put that pictures in the foms. i tried using the autoformat but the autoformat has specific formats and not the one i saw in Forms Demo from Microsoft webiste. Please tell me how to include pictures like these in the form.
I have a flash file that jerks when run in access but if i run it with a pop up it runs fine so I want to run the pop up but, keep it hidden. Without using minimize.
I am trying to put a jpg of a logo onto the top of a form and no matter what I do, it is imported with a white background! I have put it on a transparent canvas in Adobe photoshop, which usually works when I import it into word and other programs, but not access. I have tried looking at the properties of the image in access, but it says that the background is transparent. Help!
I am looking at being able to run a query but would like the results not to be displayed. Ie I would like the query to run in the background. I open the query using a command button from a form.
I have a subform that returns a bunch of records. Each of the records returned has a LANE_ID, so in this example, there are 10 records returned, 5 with LANE_ID = 11111and 5 with LANE_ID = 22222. Is it possible to alternate the backgrond color for each of these groupings?
I have found examples of how to change the color of alternate rows, but I can't find anything that would tell me if what I want to do is possible.
I have a .gif I set up as the background, but it doesn't stretch for the full length of the form. As you can see in the picture, at the bottom where the record selector/scrollbar would be, my background picture is not filling.
This should be an easy one for somebody. I'm a newbie to access and I'm experimenting with a tabbed form. My problem is if I create a new form with (say) two tabs, the area to the right of the tabs(where more tabs would be inserted) is white and I don't know how to change it to blend in with the rest of the page. Hope I'm making myself clear.:(
pls Help, I knw how to change the background of a form. but i need a particular file for the background. and i want to knw where the file is stored? the file which i want is a texture file in a WORD. i.e. in word when we try to set the background of a page, the option Background gives us some textures for the background. i want a file called "water droplets" as a back ground in access form. from where can i get the texture file? i searched the whole Microsoft Office folder in c:program files. this file is not there. then where are this texture files stored? can anybody help me to find this file pls?
Hi We have created some forms using (in some cases) the form wizard. As you may know you have to select a "Background Style" when using the wizard. Now we want to change the background from one of these styles to a colour - but when we select it in Properties and try to apply it, it seems to flicker but does not seem to have any effect. Can anybody help us out please ? many thanks ajm
I have a master form with a picture as the background with a timer event that fires every 5 minutes. I have a subform (a clock) with a timer event every second to update the text. How do I make the sub form background transparent so that I see the master form back ground?
I did it this way so I didnt have to update the master form data every second.
i have an application and the user was asking me to give him the ability to change the backcolor of the main form i had done that with one color option.
but now he wants to mix two colors together any one can help me with that , if code or sample would be posted, that would be appreciated .
I have some code here that is changing the color of a txt box in my form based on the value in the text box. Everything is working great. The only problem is that I have a sub form with many tabs and many, many txt boxes. I would have to replicate this code hundreds of times....
Does anyone know a better (LESS CODE) way to look in the form and change the color of a txtbox based on a value. Something more generic. RIght now I am targeting specific txt boxes...
I just want a general statement that targets the entire form
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP.....THIS IS A GREAT FORUM AND LEARNING TOOL....
CODE:
Private Sub Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS_AfterUpdate () If Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS = "2" Then Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.ForeColo r = 255 'The New color. Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.FontBold = True Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.BackColo r = 65535
ElseIf Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS = "1" Then Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.ForeColo r = 0 'The New color. Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.FontBold = True Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.BackColo r = 255
Else Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.ForeColo r = 0 'The New color. Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.FontBold = False Me.Lower_Level_Concession_Inside_COUNTERS.BackColo r = 12632256 End If End Sub
I use forms to display client info and i would like to know if the following is possible, and if so, how ?
When a clients installation date is older than 6months old (date is in a text box) i would like the form's background to change colour for that paticular client.
eg/ if the clients installation date was 7 months ago, the form's background would change red - but only to that client.
I have been searching for a setting that enables me to change the background colour of a tab control on a form. It may be something obvious that I have missed.
Changing the type to 'transparent' and setting the form background colour does not seem to work.
How do I change the background color of a tab or can you? The form that I am looking at has a tab button, but it looks like a normal form for the background. It has the grid and has a color for the background. I have designed a new form and added a tab control. But the background is grey and I would like to change it. Please help, if you can. Thanks.
