Hidden Objects and AllowBypassKey

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John R. Youngman

I'd like to disable the "Hidden Objects" switch under Tools/Options so my
users cannot see my hidden objects.

I'd also like to disable the "AllowBypassKey" but I don't know much about
writing VBA code.

Any suggestions on how to make this happen?

TIA.

John
 
John R. Youngman said:
I'd like to disable the "Hidden Objects" switch under Tools/Options so my
users cannot see my hidden objects.

I'd also like to disable the "AllowBypassKey" but I don't know much about
writing VBA code.

Any suggestions on how to make this happen?
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The setting of the AllowByPass key is a "per-file" setting. As such you
have every right to set that property on any file you create and
distribute. The ShowHiddenObjects property is a setting of the user's
installation of Microsoft Access. As such you have no right or business
fiddling with it.

If you want to obscure and/or secure your application then do the work to
make that happen without munging the settings on the user's PC. There are
plenty of tools and settings you can utilize *in your file* to protect your
objects from relatively unskilled Access users. If they know Access fairly
well, then anything you do is a waste of time anyway.
 
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