So, I decided that my application would look nicer if I set all of my forms to popup, I can then set the shortcut to open Access minimised and my forms appear on top of the desktop instead of inside the access window.

Only trouble is, for a lot of my datasheet-style subforms the user needs to be able to use the sorting and filtering functions on the toolbar, which you cant get to if the form is popup. I don't really want to add a whole load of buttons to every form, and I would like to keep the forms as popup, because it looks better.

So what I suppose I need is another small form that looks a bit like a 'floating toolbar' and has a selection of buttons on it to carry out the standard filtering and sorting functions on the selected object.

anybody got any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Mike

Can you not right mouse click to bring up standard sort / filter command bar ?

Thanks for the suggestion Richie.

Mike