last 5 files opened

[vlitim]

How would you go about making a feature like that on access which shows you the last 5 files you opened?? I presume you would have to use a text file or something!?!?

cheers

 

[MikeCox]

Use a control array of Recent File submenus, and yes a text file. Set the submenu's .Visible property based on wheather there is a recent file cooresponding to that menu item (if there are only 2 recent files and you have 4 array elements, set the last 2 to .Visible = False)

 

[vlitim]

"Use a control array of Recent File submenus"??

how do you do that?

 

[MikeCox]

Each menu item has an "Index" textbox. Type the element number in there and make sure the names are the same, just like any other control array.

 

[MikeCox]

Sorry to confuse you, I was pointing you toward a menu item under File...Recent Files...File1.txt. To make it like Access, just write the name of each file to disk, and load the items into a listbox on startup. You can use the literal string in the listbox for your OpenFile argument (just use the lstMyListBox.List(lstMyListBox.ListIndex) to get the actual string for the selected recent file).