Size of report windows determined by size of Access Shell??

[Pawtang]

I'm trying to clean up this database for end-user use. That means I've hidden the ribbon and navigation, and created a shortcut that opens the main menu form with the Access shell minimized. I haven't yet split the database.



When I open it with the shell minimized, apparently, the Reports follow suit and open with 0 height regardless of their content. I can resize them to view them, but that's not ideal for a user. If I change the shortcut to not open minimized, the reports seem to have about the same height as the shell. So it's got some weird baked-in default sizing behavior... fine. How can I work around this? Isn't there a simple way to set the total report height and width so it can always be 8.5 x 11?

Is there maybe a better way to turn this into a proper end-user app than opening the shell minimized? I feel like after all these years of development, this part of the process should be more intuitive. Always feel like you have to break the app to make it work.

[CJ_London]

sounds like you are using tabbed windows. Change to overlapping windows and make your forms and reports as popups and possibly modal as well

[isladogs]

Have a look at my example database Control Application Interface - Mendip Data Systems. This shows several ways of managing reports when the application window is hidden.