'Lock' switchboard or form as full screen

[PaulT]

Apologies if I am covering old ground here but unfortunately I cannot find a suitable solution after searching the forum.

Basically my switchboard on Open includes DoCmd.Maximize so that the switchboard does indeed open on full screen. However, say I then leave my database open and work on a different application on my PC then when I click on my database on the taskbar then the form is not longer full screen.

So what I am basically asking is, is there a way of 'locking' it to appear full screen even if I flick between applications on my PC?

Many thanks in advance,

Paul.

 

[RuralGuy]

Put a DoCmd.Maximize in the Activate event as well.

 

[PaulT]

Thanks very much but I added that before and it has made no difference. Any other ideas?

 

[RuralGuy]

Are you saying that with a DoCmd.Maximize in the OnActivate event of the form does *not* Maximize the form what you return to it?

 

[PaulT]

Yes although in actual fact it now only seems to be after I open a drive. So when I double click on My Computer then return to the Database it is no longer full screen.

 

[RuralGuy]

Are you switching apps with <ALT> Tab of using an API like FileOpenSave?

 

[PaulT]

No not always. The best example is if I am viewing the database then I click on the Quick Launch icon 'Show Desktop' toolbar. Nopw I can see the desktop and when I click on the database in the taskbar then the database appears but it is no longer full screen and I have to press the maximize button in the top right to make it full screen again.

Does this make sense? I hope so and thanks for your time.