John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Dec 27 20:10:51 CST 2004
ROTFL! John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 4:31 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2k Build Form from Table ..sorry 'bout that :( ..anyway ...JC did some work with the switchboard a couple years back that basically allowed you to assign an almost unlimited number of buttons ...and since that is table record driven I'd think it would be adaptable to your needs with a bit of spit 'n polish on the code ...try his site where I'm sure he still has a sample posted ...if not, let me know since I never throw any sample code out ...even JC's ...which just goes to show how desperate one person can be :)) William Hindman ----- Original Message ----- From: <dmcafee at pacbell.net> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:11 PM Subject: RE: [AccessD] A2k Build Form from Table > Mark, as Rocky has mentioned, this will be hard if you set a max > number of possible buttons. I was going to do a similar task once > using the switchboard concept, only opening it up a bit to allow ten > or twelve choices, but I never had more than 5 minutes to spend on it > > Basically have a dozen (or so) "picture buttons" on the form, all > hidden. Number them consecutively such as imj1, imj2... > > Open a given recordset (at form load), which a column containing the > name > of > a function or sub to run. You can use the count to figure how many buttons > to unhide. The OnClick event of each button will have to figure out it own > name such as Right(Me.ActiveControl.Name,1). Now take that "button number" > and go to the given record in the recordset and call the column's function > using EVAL() > > > HTH > David McAfee > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > - Beach Access Software > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:39 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2k Build Form from Table > > > Mark: > > Everything's perfect here. Thanks. > > If you don't know how many records are going to be in the table or > what > the > maximum will be, I'm not sure how you can organize a screen which won't > have > scrolling. > > You could put 40 invisible buttons on the form and make them visible > and change their captions depending on how many records were present > in the table. But if they go over 40 records, you've got a problem. > > Maybe describe more what you're trying to do and there will be a > different approach to solving the problem. > > On the other topic: IS it time for the AccessD list to try another > abortive > attempt at organizing a conference somewhere? > > Regards, > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > http://www.e-z-mrp.com > 858-259-4334 > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark A Matte" <markamatte at hotmail.com> > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2k Build Form from Table > > >> Rocky, >> >> On a different topic...searched the web a couple of weeks ago for >> some access stuff and your name and picture from an Access conference >> came up...hadn't noticed your name on the list in awhile. Hope all's >> well. >> >> Back on topic: >> Thanks for the feedback...That was the first approach I thought >> of...but >> I >> was concerned about scrolling and I don't want any scrolling if there are >> more choices. I used 4 and 6 as examples...but as reallity goes...I >> would >> probably need more like 30 to 40 records in the tables for some >> instances. >> I thought of using multiple subforms side by side ( same subform but with >> different selects)...with 4 subforms, when the user configures the >> data...they would have an option of which subform(column from there >> perspective) the data would appear in. >> >> I'm basically looking for a direction...or concept as you called it. >> Hoping someone has done something like this before...and would be >> willing to share the experience/problems/tips. >> >> Thanks Again, >> >> Mark A. Matte >>>From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> >>>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem >>>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >>>To: "Access Developers discussion and problem >>>solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >>>Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2k Build Form from Table >>>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:46:21 -0800 >>> >>>Mark: >>> >>>How about a continuous form where one of the fields is a button (not >>>sure how to do this - I'm a concept guy) >>> >>>Rocky >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark A Matte" >>><markamatte at hotmail.com> >>>To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >>>Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:12 AM >>>Subject: [AccessD] A2k Build Form from Table >>> >>> >>>>Hello All, >>>> >>>>I'm working on a small A2k app that needs a 'kinda dynamic' >>>>approach. I want a form to be displayed with buttons ( of stuff to >>>>click on ie text box, piture, whatever)...but I want to buttons to >>>>be displayed depending on the number of records in a table. If >>>>there are 4 records...then I want 4 buttons...6 records then 6 >>>>buttons. Each time the form opens...it may have to add or remove a >>>>button depending on the values in the table. >>>> >>>>Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas/examples of the best approach >>>>for this? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Mark A. 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