Is there a way to prevent a form from printing?

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I just had a user click the print button on the tool bar instead of clicking
the print button on the form that would switch the user to a report view
before printing (and we wasted 2 reams of paper). Is there a way to prevent
a form from printing or to disable the print button on the toolbar?

Thanks.
 
Time to learn how to create a custom toolbar - one that does not have the
print button on it.

This is not difficult. The only real issue is to make sure you Ctrl+drag the
buttons onto your toolbar so they are *copied*. If you just drag them from
the built-in toolbar, you are moving them, i.e. they disappear from the
built-in ones.

1. Open a form in Form view. The normal form toolbar is now showing.

2. Right-click the area to the right of the toolbars, and choose Customize.

3. On the Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog, click New.
Supply a name, such as Form Toolbar.

4. Ctrl+drag the buttons you want from the built-in form toolbar onto your
new one.

5. Close the Customize dialog.

6. Switch your form to design view. Now set the form's Toolbar property to
the name of this new toolbar. (It's on the Other tab of the Properties box.)
 
in message:
I just had a user click the print button on the tool bar instead of clicking
the print button on the form that would switch the user to a report view
before printing (and we wasted 2 reams of paper). Is there a way to prevent
a form from printing or to disable the print button on the toolbar?
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Two reams of paper? Ouch.

You should probably create a custom menu bar and toolbar for this form
which does not have a Print button.

For information on creating menubars/toolbars see the following links
on my site:

http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie/resources.html#MenuBars

Good luck,
 
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