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Switchboards: Getting started

Switchboards: Getting started. To create a professional looking, easy-to-use interface, try a switchboard This can be a little tricky If you want to do more than just switch between forms, you will need to write small macros or Visual Basic code It helps if you plan the entire application

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Switchboards: Getting started

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  1. Switchboards: Getting started • To create a professional looking, easy-to-use interface, try a switchboard • This can be a little tricky • If you want to do more than just switch between forms, you will need to write small macros or Visual Basic code • It helps if you plan the entire application • Do the forms and reports first, then the switchboard for changing between them

  2. Switchboards provide a standard set of basic actions To do more than open forms and reports, you need to write some code...

  3. Start the Switchboard Manager

  4. If this is your first time... Click here if you want a switchboard...

  5. It creates a new form… The form is always called “Switchboard” A simple example...

  6. And a “Swithboard Items” table Use the switchboard manager to edit this table unless you are sure you know what you’re doing

  7. You can make multiple pages in your switchboard... Use multiple pages to organize your menus

  8. Set up each menu item • Text: the name that appears on the switchboard • Command: what happens when the user selects that item • Form: which form gets opened when the user selects that item, if any.

  9. Assign a command for each menu item

  10. Assign a form or report, if any

  11. The result: A pretty good prototype interface

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