Popup from Word stays hidden behind Access windows

[deekydoo]

My MS Access system uses VBA to perform Mailmerge via MS Word.

The system was initially implemented Via XP Pro and Office 2000 and worked fine.

I upgraded to MS Office 2003 [also on XP Proc] and before the mailmerge commenced Word gave a popup warning saying that an SQL query was about to be used to fill the documents fields etc.

Selecting YES caused the mailmerge to proceed OK.

Now I've upgraded to Windows 7 I find that the Ms Word warning popup stays behind the MS Access windows with the Access windows being frozen. AS far as I can see, the only way to get the Warning popup to the front is to use the Task manager.

Has anyone else come across this behaviour at all, and if so how did you resolve it?

Thanks

Deek

 

[stduc]

7 does seem to 'forget' to bring dialog boxes to the front from time to time. If you hover over the main programs icon on the task bar you should be able to see the dialog box's preview and click on that though. Unfortunately I have no idea why this happens occasionally so I shall follow this topic in the hopes someone does.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[linney]

Have you seen these, are they relevant?

How to hide access window killing my popup menus?

http://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/907318-how-hide-access-window-killing-my-popup-menus

How to get Outlook appointment reminders to pop up in front of other windows again using some simple VBA

http://www.darthandy.com/2011/02/how-to-get-outlook-appointment.html

 

[deekydoo]

Thanks for replies. I'll try minimizing Access before calling the Word application.