Microsoft KB Archive/132010

= ACC: MoveSize Action Does Not Position Form at Top of Screen =

Article ID: 132010

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q132010



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SYMPTOMS
When you use the MoveSize action to position a form at the top of the screen after hiding the form's toolbar with the ShowToolbar action, there is a gap between the menu bar and the top of the form equal in size to the hidden toolbar.



CAUSE
The MoveSize action is triggered before the ShowToolbar action can fully hide the toolbar.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods:

Method 1 (All versions)
Set the form's OnActivate property to the following event procedure:

Private Sub Form_Activate ' In version 2.0, the DoCmd is written DoCmd Me.TimerInterval=500 DoCmd.ShowToolbar "Form View", A_TOOLBAR_NO End Sub

Set the form's OnTimer property to the following event procedure:

Private Sub Form_Timer ' In version 2.0, the DoCmd is written DoCmd DoCmd.MoveSize 0, 0 Me.TimerInterval=0 End Sub

Method 2 (Versions 2.0 and 7.0 only)
Set the form's OnActivate property to the following event procedure:

Private Sub Form_Activate ' In version 2.0, the DoCmd is written DoCmd Application.SetOption "Built-In Toolbars Available", False DoEvents Application.SetOption "Built-In Toolbars Available", True DoCmd.ShowToolbar "Form View", A_TOOLBAR_NO DoCmd.MoveSize 0, 0 End Sub



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in version 2.0). Open the Customers form in Design view.  Set the form's OnActivate property to the following event procedure:

Private Sub Form_Activate ' In version 2.0, the DoCmd is written DoCmd DoCmd.ShowToolbar "Form View", A_TOOLBAR_NO 'Hide Form view toolbar DoCmd.MoveSize 0, 0 ' Position the form at the top of the screen. End Sub  Close and save the form. Open the form in Form view. Note that the toolbar is hidden, but the MoveSize action does not place the form immediately under the menu bar. There is a gap between the menu bar and the top of the form's window where the Form view toolbar was located.</li></ol>

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