[AccessD] Split form wizard

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Nov 19 15:54:11 CST 2014


You've described my favourite interface perfectly.  :)

'm in the process of building a new one for a client which looks exactly like this.

On 19 Nov 2014 at 8:44, Tony Septav wrote:

> Hey Susan
> Where applicable to a project I loved using the tabs. Some of the tabs
> had information that was static (enter once) other tabs would contain
> an embedded subform (most times a continuous form) to collect ongoing
> data. Again where applicable each tab would have it's own set of print
> buttons, eg. <Print History>, <Print Graph> etc, etc.  It became a no
> brainer "one stop shopping" for the client. They loved it everything
> was there in their face, no second guessing as what to do next. It was
> easy to use because it was intuitive.
> 
> Tony Septav
> Nanaimo, BC
> Canada
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan
> Harkins Sent: November-19-14 6:59 AM To: Access Developers discussion
> and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Split form wizard
> 
> In this case Tony, tabs might make good sense. Each animal has three
> sets of health related topics -- health exams, weight, and vaccines. I
> want to relieve the user of a lot of extra clicks to get there,
> regardless, so tabs seems like a good way to to. I'm thinking a tab
> for acquisition and disposition might be a good idea down the road too
> -- I already have those in place as individual forms, but in
> retrospect, yeah... they kind of go together -- the animal comes in,
> it leaves eventually.
> 
> Susan H.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hey Susan
> > It has been a long time since I responded to this list. I always
> > used TABS for multi-information forms.  I just found they provided a
> > more intuitive approach for the user.
> >
> > Tony Septav
> > Nanaimo, BC
> > Canada
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan
> > Harkins Sent: November-18-14 5:59 PM To: Access Developers
> > discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Split form
> > wizard
> >
> > I originally considered a set of tabs, but decided against them in
> > the
> end,
> > but maybe I should reconsider them for this part -- worth thinking
> > about. Thank you for the reminder.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Charlotte Foust <
> > charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The tab control is your friend and is what I generally use for
> > > this purpose.  I don't know whether the navigation control was
> > > available in 2007.
> > >
> > > Charlotte
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Susan Harkins
> > > <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'll check it out tomorrow Charlotte. At this point, I'm
> > > > percolating
> > how
> > > to
> > > > combine three different "health" related topics into one form --
> > > > to
> > make
> > > > data entry, and my job, a bit easier. They'll enter general
> > > > health
> > notes,
> > > > weight, and vaccines. I don't want to consider dumping them into
> > > > one
> > > table,
> > > > but it would be so neat if I could display them all in one form.
> > Thinking
> > > > about it -- specify an animal and enter an item for any of these
> > > > three health-related items.
> > > >
> > > > Susan H.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Charlotte Foust <
> > > > charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Don't know about 2007, but 2013 has a different take on "split
> > forms".
> > > > In
> > > > > 2013, a split form wizard is on the Create ribbon under More
> > > > > Forms
> > > > >
> > > > > Charlotte
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Susan Harkins
> > > > > <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > In 2003, you could base a form on a query with related
> > > > > > tables in a one-to-many relationship and one of the form
> > > > > > wizards would help
> you
> > > > > create
> > > > > > a main/subform form. I can't find it in 2007 -- is it gone?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Susan H.
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