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access thread: Closing a message box "remotely"
Message #1 by "Lloyd Levine" <levinll@m...> on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 19:51:49
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I'm trying to close a message box from within a macro that may come up when
the main screen. I've tried using SendKeys, but that doesn't work. Does
anyone have an idea on how to close a message box without user intervention
?
Thanks !
Message #2 by Brian Skelton <brian.skelton@b...> on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 22:29:50 +0100
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Hi Lloyd
I'm almost certain that you're not going to find a fix for this one. My
understanding is that message boxes are 'Application Modal' windows. So,
as soon as one of them pops up on the screen, the rest of your Access
session just sits back and waits for the user to deal with it. No code
will run, events are not handled - you can't even close the program down
without having Windows be brutal about it!
You'll need to come at it from the other end and prevent the message
from displaying in the first place.
-BDS
-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd Levine [SMTP:levinll@m...]
Sent: 07 September 2001 20:52
To: Access
Subject: [access] Closing a message box "remotely"
I'm trying to close a message box from within a macro that may come up
when
the main screen. I've tried using SendKeys, but that doesn't work. Does
anyone have an idea on how to close a message box without user
intervention
?
Thanks !
Message #3 by "Lloyd Levine" <levinll@m...> on Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:51:36
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In this case I'm putting up the message box in my startup form, but I need the ability to close
it from elsewhere in my database.
> Hi Lloyd
>
> I'm almost certain that you're not going to find a fix for this one. My
> understanding is that message boxes are 'Application Modal' windows. So,
> as soon as one of them pops up on the screen, the rest of your Access
> session just sits back and waits for the user to deal with it. No code
> will run, events are not handled - you can't even close the program down
> without having Windows be brutal about it!
>
> You'll need to come at it from the other end and prevent the message
> from displaying in the first place.
>
> -BDS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd Levine [SMTP:levinll@m...]
> Sent: 07 September 2001 20:52
> To: Access
> Subject: [access] Closing a message box "remotely"
>
> I'm trying to close a message box from within a macro that may come up
> when
> the main screen. I've tried using SendKeys, but that doesn't work.
Does
> anyone have an idea on how to close a message box without user
> intervention
> ?
>
> Thanks !
Message #4 by Walt Morgan <wmorgan@s...> on Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:22:44 -0500
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You may wish to consider setting the caption value of the form to indicate
some sort of message to avoid using a message box.
example:
frmThisForm.Caption = "This is a message I want folks to see"
frmThisForm.Refresh
or:
using the statusbar for the same purpose
Walt
Message #5 by Brian Skelton <brian.skelton@b...> on Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:55:56 +0100
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How about replacing the message box with a form? You can make it look
like a message box and, so long as you don't make it modal, you can
control it programatically.
-BDS
-----Original Message-----
From: Lloyd Levine [SMTP:levinll@m...]
Sent: 10 September 2001 14:52
To: Access
Subject: [access] RE: Closing a message box "remotely"
In this case I'm putting up the message box in my startup form, but I
need the ability to close it from elsewhere in my database.
Message #6 by John Fejsa <John.Fejsa@h...> on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:04:52 +1100
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Or use a standard popup form to display your message and then close the
popup mesasage form in code, either from your main menu or from message
box form timer event.
JohnF
>>> wmorgan@s... 10/09/2001 23:22:44 >>>
You may wish to consider setting the caption value of the form to indicate
some sort of message to avoid using a message box.
example:
frmThisForm.Caption =3D "This is a message I want folks to see"
frmThisForm.Refresh
or:
using the statusbar for the same purpose
Walt
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