Access pops up briefly before Display Form

[buttonsrtoys]

I have a simple timecard database and set my Display Form properly and it pops up and works great. However, just before it appears, what looks like the main Access application appears for maybe 1/10th of a second, then disappears. It's not causing a problem, but doesn't look very professional. Is there a way to turn this behavior off?

[Bob Fitz]

From the Access Help file:

1. Create a bitmap with the same name as your application and a .bmp extension. For example, if your application name is Taxes.mdb, your bitmap file name would be Taxes.bmp.
   
2. Put it in the same folder as your application.
   
3. Using Microsoft Windows Explorer, create a shortcut for your application that specifies the bitmap name on the command line, and then enter it in the Target box (Shortcut Properties dialog box, Shortcut tab). For example: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 11\MSAccess.exe C:\My Files\Taxes.mdb"

Access looks for such a file when the application opens, and if it finds one, uses it as a splash screen.

[buttonsrtoys]

From the Access Help file:

Thanks for the suggestion. It added a splash screen but I'm still getting the other screen popping up just after the splash screen. It happens so fast (maybe 1/10 second, just enough to be annoying) that I can't see what the screen is. I tried 50x or so to screen grab it to see but I couldn't grab it for some reason.

The mystery screen takes up pretty much the whole screen while the my DB is less than 1/4 of the screen, which contributes to it being mildly disturbing.

[Bob Fitz]

Sorry, I have nothing else to offer.