Form printing- can it be disabled?

[sysgeo]

I have a form, with a report linked. the report only prints that record but sometimes my users forget to bring up the report and press the print button forgetting the form is now being printed.

How can i disable the printing for the form?

steve

 

[Rich]

Put a command button the form that prints the report

 

[sysgeo]

yeah

I have done this as I explained above. I want diable printing of the form e.g disable the print button on the toolbar.

 

[Rich]

Set the form popup and modal properties to yes, users will not then have access to the toolbar

 

[sysgeo]

yes - but

yeah this idea works but I only want to disable printing [the print function/button] not the whole tooolbar

Any one know? can this be done?

 

[Rich]

Then customise the toolbar and either drag the option off or add your own function to control it.

 

[sysgeo]

Rich, thanks for your comments.

Do you know if there is some thing like -

form printing allowed yes/no command?

 

[Pat Hartman]

No, the print button prints the active object. You could remove the print button from the toolbar and from the menus by using a custom toolbar and menu. But then you would need to offer both print and preview buttons for your report since the user would no longer be able to print a report being previewed.

 

[camaire]

Disable the print button in Access

Try this:
CommandBars("form view").Controls.Item("&Print...").Enabled = False

 

[boblarson]

Try this:
CommandBars("form view").Controls.Item("&Print...").Enabled = False

camaire:

I'm not sure you realized this, but the last post on this was about 4 years ago. They probably solved the issue and moved on.

 

[Epic]

hahaha... thanks bob you've saved some unnecesary typings for me so I'm spending it on you.... Is worth.