API: Manipulate Access Window

(Q)    How do I maximize or minimize the main Access Window from code?

(A)    Pass one of the declared constants to the function fSetAccessWindow.

This same function can also be used to completely hide Access window and just show your form on the desktop.  Make the form popup and from it's Open Event, call the fSetAccessWindow function with SW_HIDE as the argument.

Warning:    If you're hiding the main Access window,  make sure your error handlers are good.  Because with the window hidden, if an error is raised, pressing "End" on the Error window will NOT make Access window visible and you will be left with just the form open.   A recommended method is to make a call to fSetAccessWindow with SW_SHOWNORMAL from your error handlers.
    If,  for some reason, the Access window does not show itself,  then you can always close the mdb from the Task List, available in Win 95 with Control-Alt-Delete (once) and under NT, by right clicking on the Taskbar and selecting Task Manager, by selecting the mdb and clicking End Task.

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' This code was originally written by Dev Ashish.
' It is not to be altered or distributed,
' except as part of an application.
' You are free to use it in any application,
' provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.
'
' Code Courtesy of
' Dev Ashish
'
Global Const SW_HIDE = 0
Global Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Global Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Global Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3


Private Declare Function apiShowWindow Lib "user32" _
    Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
          ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Function fSetAccessWindow(nCmdShow As Long)
'Usage Examples
'Maximize window:
'       ?fSetAccessWindow(SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
'Minimize window:
'       ?fSetAccessWindow(SW_SHOWMINIMIZED)
'Hide window:
'       ?fSetAccessWindow(SW_HIDE)
'Normal window:
'       ?fSetAccessWindow(SW_SHOWNORMAL)
'
Dim loX  As Long
Dim loForm As Form
    On Error Resume Next
    Set loForm = Screen.ActiveForm
    If Err <> 0 Then 'no Activeform
      If nCmdShow = SW_HIDE Then
        MsgBox "Cannot hide Access unless " _
                    & "a form is on screen"
      Else
        loX = apiShowWindow(hWndAccessApp, nCmdShow)
        Err.Clear
      End If
    Else
        If nCmdShow = SW_SHOWMINIMIZED And loForm.Modal = True Then
            MsgBox "Cannot minimize Access with " _
                    & (loForm.Caption + " ") _
                    & "form on screen"
        ElseIf nCmdShow = SW_HIDE And loForm.PopUp <> True Then
            MsgBox "Cannot hide Access with " _
                    & (loForm.Caption + " ") _
                    & "form on screen"
        Else
            loX = apiShowWindow(hWndAccessApp, nCmdShow)
        End If
    End If
    fSetAccessWindow = (loX <> 0)
End Function

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