report problem in modal form

[dmbfan73]

In order to only display forms, I have hidden the access database by creating a shortcut and then setting the shortcut's property to minimize.

All of my forms are popup and modal. However, I have one form that allows the user to select a report from a dropdown box and hit a button that previews the report. Everything was working fine until I minimized the database and made all of my forms modal.

Now, whenever I hit the Preview button, the report shows up in the database window (which you can't see), and not on the screen. Am I missing something obvious? How can I get my report to popup on the screen?

I've searched the general, forms, and reports sections to look for an answer, but I could only find questions about reports opening up behind the forms.

Any help is greatly appreciated, because I'd love to make my database look really sharp by just showing the forms, and not the database window.

 

[diego_ramallo]

Did you ever get an answer to your question? I am running into exactly the same problem.

 

[LPurvis]

I believe it was Access 2002 (at worst 2003) which introduced the Popup property for Reports too.
Any version that age or newer would be fine.
Without that - you're fighting an uphill battle without much to gain.

 

[diego_ramallo]

Thanks. I found my problem. I had the access window hidden and for some reason that didn't allow the report to display (even in popup and modal mode). I changed the window to minimized and that did the trick.