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We are in the process of converting some Office 2010 apps to Office 2013 (32-bit) and have found a couple of oddball cases that seem somehow to be related or at least similar. In both cases, what we are trying to do is show something from another application when Access is running the show.
Case 1: Access wants to open a Word file to a specific bookmark but it won't do it. We open the document read-only, then tell Word to go to the bookmark. In 2010, the document would pop up to full screen and jump to the bookmark. In 2013, the document stays in the background and won't jump to the bookmark.
Case 2: Access wants to create a mail message in Outlook. In 2010, we open Outlook, open up the "Inspector" and eventually build the mail message. Outlook 2010 immediately takes over so that we can diddle with the recipient lists, signature, and perhaps add an attachment in some cases. Works fine. In 2013, the message gets created but we never get to actually see it. We can see it by working offline so that we can look in the Outbox and find that the message WAS created - but Outlook never popped up to show that fact to us.
The common theme is that another app SHOULD - but DOES NOT - get focus when we try to open it in 2013, but the same exact code works fine in 2010 for two different apps. In my feeble little mind, this seems to be common behavior, though perhaps I should know better.
I have done some web searches but so far nothing shows up that makes sense. I certainly would consider the possibility that I might not know the correct keywords to make the search turn up what I wanted, but right now I am drawing a blank online.
Any suggestions of what might be happening? Any suggested keywords for further searches? Either kind of response would be helpful.
Case 1: Access wants to open a Word file to a specific bookmark but it won't do it. We open the document read-only, then tell Word to go to the bookmark. In 2010, the document would pop up to full screen and jump to the bookmark. In 2013, the document stays in the background and won't jump to the bookmark.
Case 2: Access wants to create a mail message in Outlook. In 2010, we open Outlook, open up the "Inspector" and eventually build the mail message. Outlook 2010 immediately takes over so that we can diddle with the recipient lists, signature, and perhaps add an attachment in some cases. Works fine. In 2013, the message gets created but we never get to actually see it. We can see it by working offline so that we can look in the Outbox and find that the message WAS created - but Outlook never popped up to show that fact to us.
The common theme is that another app SHOULD - but DOES NOT - get focus when we try to open it in 2013, but the same exact code works fine in 2010 for two different apps. In my feeble little mind, this seems to be common behavior, though perhaps I should know better.
I have done some web searches but so far nothing shows up that makes sense. I certainly would consider the possibility that I might not know the correct keywords to make the search turn up what I wanted, but right now I am drawing a blank online.
Any suggestions of what might be happening? Any suggested keywords for further searches? Either kind of response would be helpful.
