[mso] Re: Access VBA Modal Popup Dialog

  • From: "Michael Luevane" <mikel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:43:18 -0800

mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> That would be unique to Access, then. The rest of the Office
> fleet stops
> processing depending on the modality of the form. If the form
> is modeless,
> the form can display with the work continuing in the
> background (makes a
> nice way to display progress, too). But if a form is modal,
> all processing
> stops until the user clicks a button containing a Me.Hide instruction.
> 
> The modal option is also new to the Office core applications
> as of Office
> 2000. Prior to that, there was no way to set a form's mode
> and all were
> modal (processing stopped).
> 
> Thanks for the info on that one!
> 
> Greg Chapman
> http://www.mousetrax.com
> "Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11!
> With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?"
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Luevane
>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:01 AM
>> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [mso] Re: Access VBA Modal Popup Dialog
>> 
>> 
>> p.s. As far as I know, setting the properties on the form to
>> Modal/Popup only tell the system that you cannot click away from the
>> form - it doesn't mean that the system stops processing. That's what
>> the acDialog flag does on the DoCmd.OpenForm command.
>> 
>> 
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Grain of salt alert! :)

This is just my experience with it. I've been wrong before... *sigh*

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