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MS Access Forum / Forms Programming / September 2007Locking the User In
Does anyone have any suggestions on locking the user into an application so that they only go where you want them to (more or less, they do have some choices!) Is there a way to map it out on paper? Whats the easiest way to do this without getting lost or confused as I'm doing this. Any suggestions welcomed! Thanks DS What you are talking about is a Modal Application and the industry pretty mush left those behind when we left DOS. Object Oriented Event Driven software (such as Access) is very non modal and IMHO much easier for the user to learn. What is happening in your application that make you want to force the user into a Modal Application? >Does anyone have any suggestions on locking the user into an application >so that they only go where you want them to (more or less, they do have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Thanks >DS  SignatureHTH - RuralGuy (RG for short) acXP WinXP Pro Please post back to this forum so all may benefit. Are you talking about putting the maching into a "Kiosk Mode" where the user can ONLY use your access application? This will require a fair amout of energy on your part. You will need to use low level API's to block all of the windows stuff like Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Ctrl-Esc, the Windows key, etc. Ron W > Does anyone have any suggestions on locking the user into an application > so that they only go where you want them to (more or less, they do have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks > DS > Are you talking about putting the maching into a "Kiosk Mode" where the user > can ONLY use your access application? This will require a fair amout of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>Thanks >>DS You've got it! So....where can I find these low level API's !!!!! Thanks DS Google is your Friend!! Search for VB6 stuff, as writing code for that platform is more or less the same as Access. :-) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=vb+di sable+ctrl+alt+esc Lots of good looking prospects there. I recommend that you have a look at and then try some of this stuff, then come back to us with specific questions for your implementation. Hope you have at least a few days planned for this project. I suspect it will not be easy to lock down a machine tight from Access. There are a lot of key stroke combinations that you will have to account for. In fact, I would be VERY surprised if in the end you didn't have to sit down and write a DLL or two in C++. I do not think it is even possible to hook (and therefore disable) the Control-Alt-Delete key combination from any application. Ron W >> Are you talking about putting the maching into a "Kiosk Mode" where the >> user can ONLY use your access application? This will require a fair [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks > DS > Google is your Friend!! Search for VB6 stuff, as writing code for that > platform is more or less the same as Access. :-) [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>Thanks >>DS Good Stuff! My works cut out for me! Thanks DS |
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