Form Menu

[DBug]

I want to put a customized menu bar on my form and looking for advise. I have seen custom functions online that are placed in a module to create menubar, popups and buttons.

However Where would these functions be called from?, would it be the forms OnOpen event.

And I assume you would need to set the name of this Menu in the Form property Menu Bar also?

 

[BeeJayEff]

Any reason not to simply use command buttons with OnClick events ? What am I missing ?

 

[CJ_London]

Where would these functions be called from?, would it be the forms OnOpen event

could be, but they only need to be run once, then they are bound to the database. You would only need to run the code again if your created a new database or wanted to change the menu

And I assume you would need to set the name of this Menu in the Form property Menu Bar also?

it depends - you might set it in the control shortcut menu bar property instead - depends on what the shortcut menu is intended to do

 

[DBug]

Don't want to use command buttons, already have those on the form, want to keep some functions separate. Already using a shortcut menu too. I think I understand now, so just need to create a separate module, run it to create the menus and reference it in the Form Property

 

[ashleedawg]

Depending on the situation, I'll sometimes go with something similar (but easier to work with than the built-in bars), a small square popup form, unsizable, always on top, no Min/Max/Close buttons.As the user moves around the application, relevant icons are shown or hidden, to give a professional yet customized feel. It could also be used to display custom status updates, a timerrelevant total etc etc...