How to fade the Access application window

Sometimes (very rarely) you may want to hide the entire Access application window, typically to prevent users interacting with the application during an important externally-controlled operation. It is vital that you leave a popup form visible so the users know what's happening.

Note: The form you intend to remain visible must have its Popup property set to True.

Grab the code, and place it into a standard module. Then add the code shown below.

FadeAccessAppWindow

Note: This example code fades the Access application window out, then back in again. But there is enough code there for you to work out how to use it.