ACC2000: Only One Menu Bar Can Be Visible at a Time Using Code

• Microsoft Access 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you create a new menu bar in Visual Basic for Applications code, or when you set the Visible property of an existing menu bar to True, the current menu bar is no longer visible. However, if you create a new menu bar or view an existing menu bar by clicking the View menu, pointing to Toolbars, and then clicking Customize, both the current menu bar and the new one remain visible.

RESOLUTION

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CommandBars("MenuBar2").Visible = True 

CommandBars("MenuBar1").Visible = True 

1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Customize.



2. In the Customize dialog box, click an existing menu bar, or click New to create a new one.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.



2. Create a new module.



3. On the Tools menu, click References.



4. In the References dialog box, click Microsoft Office 9.0 Object Library, and then click OK. If the reference is not listed in the Available References box, click the Browse button and search for the file, Mso9.dll.



5. Type the following line in the Declarations section of your module:




Public strCurrentMenuName As String 

6. Type the following procedure:




'*******************************************************************

' This procedure creates a new menu bar and makes it visible.

'*******************************************************************

Sub CreateMenuBar(strNewMenuName as String)
Dim cmdNewMenu As CommandBar

' Set Global strCurrentMenuName to existing menu for use later when
' toggling.
strCurrentMenuName = CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Name

' Create a new menu bar.
Set cmdNewMenu = Application.CommandBars.Add(strNewMenuName, _
   msoBarFloating, True, False)
With cmdNewMenu
  ' Set Protection property to no protection so users can customize
  ' it.
  .Protection = msoBarNoProtection
  ' Show new menu.
  .Visible = True
End With
End Sub 

7. To test this function, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

   
   CreateMenuBar "ExampleMenu" 

   When you minimize the Visual Basic Editor you that see a new floating menu bar is displayed on the screen, and that the original menu bar is hidden from view.
   
   NOTE: All command bars require a unique name. If you use the name of an existing command bar in the strNewMenuName argument of this procedure, you receive the following error message:




Run-time error '5':
Invalid procedure call or argument

8. To restore the original menu bar to the screen, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

   
   CommandBars(strCurrentMenuName).Visible = True 

   Note that the original menu bar reappears, and your custom menu bar disappears.

REFERENCES

For more information about menu bars, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "Read about toolbars, menu bars, and shortcut menus" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For more information about the Protection property, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "protection property" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: Cmdbar menubar commandbar display show hide invisible disappear appear

Keywords          : kbui PgmObj 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 6, 1999