Making it not look like excel????

Hi

Is there a way to make the workbook not look like a excel but a program on its own eg no menus etc

thanks

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> Is there a way to make the workbook not look like a excel but a program
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> thanks
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It is possible to have a user form visible but the excel application
invisible (application.visible = false). In the workbook open event you
could have code which shows the userform and hides excel (but make sure
you close excel and/or restore its visibility when you close the form).

Short of that, you can do things like hide gridlines, row and column
labels, and go full-screen, which goes a long way to getting rid of the
spreadsheet look. You could even look into things like hiding all
toolbars, etc. , I'm not sure how far you can go in that direction

Hope that helps

-John Coleman

How do you keep the end user from opening up a new workbook and having it
land in the hidden coy of Excel?
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"John Coleman" wrote:

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> raw wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Is there a way to make the workbook not look like a excel but a program
> > on its own eg no menus etc
> >
> > thanks
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> It is possible to have a user form visible but the excel application
> invisible (application.visible = false). In the workbook open event you
> could have code which shows the userform and hides excel (but make sure
> you close excel and/or restore its visibility when you close the form).
>
> Short of that, you can do things like hide gridlines, row and column
> labels, and go full-screen, which goes a long way to getting rid of the
> spreadsheet look. You could even look into things like hiding all
> toolbars, etc. , I'm not sure how far you can go in that direction
>
> Hope that helps
>
> -John Coleman
>
>

Originally Posted by Jim Thomlinson

How do you keep the end user from opening up a new workbook and having it
land in the hidden coy of Excel?
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson

I think that will not happen. 'cause if the excel file is hidden out of view and only the userform is showing you will not be able to work on any other excel file.

Try it. The Excel file you try to open will not open. The User form holds the
copy of Excel so that you double click in Windows Explorer to open another
spreadsheet and it by default will try to open in the current instance of
Excel and nothing happens... The user form is in the way. The only way around
it will be to have the user open a second instance of Excel and open their
file their. They user will have to be very aware of which instance of Excel
is currently in focus before trying to open a file through windows explorer.
My preference is to not Hijack Excel in that way. Too many call from irate
end users... :-)
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


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> Jim Thomlinson Wrote:
> > How do you keep the end user from opening up a new workbook and having
> > it
> > land in the hidden coy of Excel?
> > --
> > HTH...
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> > Jim Thomlinson
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> >
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> I think that will not happen. 'cause if the excel file is hidden out of
> view and only the userform is showing you will not be able to work on
> any other excel file.
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Thanks Jim for the clarification. That's one pitfall to avoid in future.

Yes you can remove almost everything that would give any indication that it
is Excel. That being said this is only recommended under VERY specific
circumstances. If your spreadsheet removes all of the toolbars etc, and the
user opens another spreadsheet then the toobars will not exist for that sheet
either. Additionally you need to have a lot of errorhandling associated with
the workbook that is modifying all of these settings because if something
goes wrong it has to put everything back the way it found it. Finally unless
you are very experienced with VBA then I strongly advise against doing this
as there is a fair bit to it and you can get in over your head pretty fast...
--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


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> Is there a way to make the workbook not look like a excel but a program
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