VBA / Navigation Pane

Question

Hi,
Two questions about using VBA to manipulate the Navigation Pane in Access 2007/2010:
1. Is it possible through VBA to simply close the Navigation Pane without actually hiding it?
2. I've come across code to hide the Navigation Pane (if there's no way to just close it),
but some people seem to be suggesting just the command "DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdWindowHide",
while other sources seem to suggest that this has to be prefaced with "DoCmd.SelectObject acTable, “YourTable”, True"
-- with "YourTable" being either an actual table or not an actual table. That part wasn't clear, either.
Could someone clarify this, please?
Thank you.
Mark

Answer 1

Hello Mdavisfps,
Welcome to MSDN forum, and I am very glad to help with you.
After reading your post, I understand that you want to close or hide Navigation Pane by VBA. If I have misunderstood
you, please let me know.
Based on my analysis, it is not possible to close it programmatically, but you can hide it programmatically.
‘ hide
Private Sub Command1_Click()
DoCmd.NavigateTo "acNavigationCategoryObjectType"
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdWindowHide
End Sub
‘unhide
Private Sub Command2_Click()
DoCmd.SelectObject acTable, , True
End Sub
In addition, you can close Navigation Pane manually, and you can take a look at this article:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/close-and-reopen-the-navigation-pane-and-the-objects-in-the-pane-HA001213878.aspx#BM2
I hope this can help you and feel free to follow up after trying the code.
Best Regards,
Bruce Song
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