Minimised Popup form: title

[AlanC002]

Hi All,

I'm working on a project where a user will typically have a number of minimised instances of an Access popup userform at the bottom of their screen - they're using Access 2016 on Windows 7.

I'm setting the form caption in VBA to something appropriate for each instance, which is great when the form is at it's default size or maximised.

However the problem is that when the form is minimised, you can't see more than the first character of it's title- making it difficult to identify which of the many instances the user may need to restore; the attached image hopefully clarifies what I mean.

I've hunted around a bit without success for a solution that might either allow a tooltip to be displayed when the title bar is mouseover'ed, or else allow the minimised width of the form to be set to something that allows the title to be read.

Has anyone come across this before or know of a solution?

Kind regards,
Alan

 

[isladogs]

Why not just have a small form with a row of buttons along the bottom, each of which opens one of the other forms.

 

[AlanC002]

Why not just have a small form with a row of buttons along the bottom, each of which opens one of the other forms.

Hi Colin,

Well as it happens this app has a 'dashboard' form which is always visible on screen, because it presents notifications to the user. So to do as you suggest is quite straightforward, especially since the mulitple form instances I spoke of are spawned from the dashboard too- makes complete sense.

Great idea, thanks

Have a good weekend
Alan

 

[isladogs]

You're welcome

If you are interested in having your main form with no Access app window, have a look at this thread
https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=293584