AllowShortcutMenus Property

Applies To

Database object.

Description

You can use the AllowShortcutMenus property to specify whether or not your application allows Microsoft Access to display built-in shortcut menus. For example, you can use the AllowShortcutMenus property in conjunction with the AllowFullMenus property in your application to prevent users from using any built-in menu bar, toolbars, or shortcut menu commands that enable users to change the design of database objects.

Setting

The AllowShortcutMenus property uses the following settings.

Setting	Description

True (–1)	Allow Microsoft Access built-in shortcut menus to be displayed.
False (0)	Don't allow Microsoft Access built-in shortcut menus to be displayed.

The easiest way to set this property is by using the Allow Default Shortcut Menus option in the Startup dialog box, available by clicking Startup on the Tools menu. You can also set this property by using a macro or Visual Basic.

To set the AllowShortcutMenus property by using a macro or Visual Basic, you must first either set the property in the Startup dialog box once or create the property by using the CreateProperty method and append it to the Properties collection of the Database object.

Remarks

The setting of this property doesn't affect custom shortcut menus and global shortcut menus. You can use the ShortcutMenuBar property to display custom shortcut menus for forms, form controls, and reports, and the StartupShortcutMenuBar property or the ShortcutMenuBar property of the Application object to display a global shortcut menu.

If you want to display built-in shortcut menus in your application, but don't want the user to be able to change them, set the AllowShortcutMenus property to True and set the AllowToolbarChanges property to False.

This property's setting doesn't take effect until the next time the database opens.