Microsoft KB Archive/177111

= ACC97: Undocked Toolbars Disappear When Help Pop-up Is On Screen =

Article ID: 177111

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q177111



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
When you press the SHIFT+F1 keys to display help for an object in the toolbox, all undocked toolbars are hidden until you close the Help topic.

Also, if you click the Start button while a toolbar is undocked, the undocked toolbar disappears until Microsoft Access becomes the active application again.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Both issues are related to the same subject; however, there are different steps to reproduce each issue.

To Reproduce Behavior Inside Microsoft Access

 * 1) Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
 * 2) Open the Categories form in Design view.
 * 3) Drag the standard toolbar into an undocked position.
 * 4) Press SHIFT+F1 to start Help and when the mouse pointer changes to a question mark (?), click a command in the toolbox.

Note that the Help screen pops up with the Help topic, but the undocked toolbar disappears.

To Reproduce Behavior Using the Microsoft Windows Start Menu

 * 1) Repeat steps 1 through 3 in the previous section.
 * 2) Click the Start button.

Note that the undocked toolbar disappear until you click back on Microsoft Access and make it the active application.

Additional query words: commandbar commandbars tool bar box

Keywords: kbpending kbprb KB177111

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