Hidden Access Window does not show up in taskbar

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I am using the fSetAccessWindow( ) function I got of the Access Web to hide
the Access window, and only show my forms. Works great and users generally
prefer not to see the Access window in the background.

However, when a user selects another application from the task bar, and
maximizes that application, my application gets hidden, and the only way to
get back to it is to either reduce the size of the current application or use
Alt-Tab to get back to it. Personally, I like Alt-Tab and think it is plenty
quick, plus I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard, but some users
are mouse driven and would prefer to be able to click the application on the
taskbar.

Is there a way to add something to the taskbar to allow the user to get
quick access back to my application?
 
I'm not sure if there's a better work around then the one I'm thinking of
given the issues that I'm also foreseeing.

You could use the Activate and Deactivate events on the various forms.
Those forms would then refer to a modulated centralized code to Hide and
Unhide Access respectively. However, the down side to this, when one form
get's deactivated, Access background window becomes visible, which then when
another form is activated, the Access background window is once again
hidden, so when going from one form to another, this may not be a side
effect you would want to have taking place.

Now you could use a variable within that centralize module so as to have
that variable changed to a different value just as a form is going into the
process of being closed, which then the form that's being opened would then
change that variables value back to the original value. The centralized
code would then check this variable to see if the Access window would need
to be visible or not, when ever the Deactivate event is triggered.

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Sincerely,

Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.
Master MOUS 2000
 
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