PopUp Property

Specifies whether a form opens as a pop-up form. Read/write Boolean.

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

The PopUp property uses the following settings.

The PopUp property can be set only in form Design view.

To specify the type of border you want on a pop-up form, use the BorderStyle property. You typically set the BorderStyle property to Thin for pop-up forms.

Tip   To create a custom dialog box, set the Modal property to Yes, the PopUp property to Yes, and the BorderStyle property to Dialog.

Setting the PopUp property to Yes makes the form a pop-up form only when you do one of the following:

• Open it in Form view from the Database window.
• Open it in Form view by using a macro or Visual Basic.
• Switch from Design view to Form view.

When the PopUp property is set to Yes, you can't switch to other views from Form view because the form's toolbar isn't available. (You can't switch a pop-up form from Form view to Datasheet view, even in a macro or Visual Basic.) You must close the form and reopen it in Design or Datasheet view.

The form isn't a pop-up form in Design or Datasheet view, and also isn't if you switch from Datasheet to Form view.

Note   You can use the Dialog setting of the Window Mode argument of the OpenForm action to open a form with its PopUp and Modal properties set to Yes.

Tip   When you maximize a window in Microsoft Access, all other windows are also maximized when you open them or switch to them. However, pop-up forms aren't maximized. If you want a form to maintain its size when other windows are maximized, set its PopUp property to Yes.

Example

The following example sets the "Switchboard" form to be a modal pop-up form that has just a Close button.

With Forms("Switchboard")
    .PopUp = True
    .Modal = True
    .BorderStyle = 3 ' Dialog style.
End With