Susan Harkins
ssharkins at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 10:03:41 CST 2014
I'm thinking about this -- I'm wondering what the pros and cons are of using the tabs to display subforms. It seems to complicate the whole process, but the alternative might be a many-to-many relationship between the necessary tables. There are four, so that could get a bit hairy. Susan H. On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com> 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. 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