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how to copy or move controls between forms or from form to Tab con
I am trying to set up a more user friendly user interface for my database. I
have a main "switchboard" that opens on startup with buttons that open other Sub "switchboards" based on subjects with more buttons to do stuff like open reports, run queries Ect.. Ive ended up with a mess of these "switchboard" forms and all of this me!close and Visible=false stuff to manage them and my users are rightfully confused if menus just dissappear without the classic IE "Back" Button.. so i would like to migrate to a tabbed control on my main "switchboard" and move all the sub switchboard controls to their corresponding tabs. I cant seem to move buttons even from the same form that has the tab control, to the tab control without having to cut and paste then re-establish the code. I am currently stuck using 2000, but normally use 2003 or 2007 i notice the same on all three versions,, 1.) should it be possible to drag the control from one part of a form onto the tab control. 2.) is there a way to copy or import a control from a different form to the tab control and bring its associated code also (without doing it all seperately) 3.) (not important) but why does the same issue happen if i add a control to the detail of a report Via the "Field List" the label can not be moved to the header without deleting and pasting it there. Thanks for any help Barry |
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how to copy or move controls between forms or from form to Tab con
The only thing that you can do without cutting and pasting controls and
having to recode, is to add subform controls to your tabs, and use your existing forms as source objects for the subform controls. -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP http://www.datastrat.com http://www.mvps.org/access http://www.accessmvp.com "Barry A&P" wrote in message ... I am trying to set up a more user friendly user interface for my database. I have a main "switchboard" that opens on startup with buttons that open other Sub "switchboards" based on subjects with more buttons to do stuff like open reports, run queries Ect.. Ive ended up with a mess of these "switchboard" forms and all of this me!close and Visible=false stuff to manage them and my users are rightfully confused if menus just dissappear without the classic IE "Back" Button.. so i would like to migrate to a tabbed control on my main "switchboard" and move all the sub switchboard controls to their corresponding tabs. I cant seem to move buttons even from the same form that has the tab control, to the tab control without having to cut and paste then re-establish the code. I am currently stuck using 2000, but normally use 2003 or 2007 i notice the same on all three versions,, 1.) should it be possible to drag the control from one part of a form onto the tab control. 2.) is there a way to copy or import a control from a different form to the tab control and bring its associated code also (without doing it all seperately) 3.) (not important) but why does the same issue happen if i add a control to the detail of a report Via the "Field List" the label can not be moved to the header without deleting and pasting it there. Thanks for any help Barry |
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how to copy or move controls between forms or from form to Tab
Thanks Arvin
I was afraid of that... Maybe in the future it will be better "Arvin Meyer [MVP]" wrote: The only thing that you can do without cutting and pasting controls and having to recode, is to add subform controls to your tabs, and use your existing forms as source objects for the subform controls. -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP http://www.datastrat.com http://www.mvps.org/access http://www.accessmvp.com "Barry A&P" wrote in message ... I am trying to set up a more user friendly user interface for my database. I have a main "switchboard" that opens on startup with buttons that open other Sub "switchboards" based on subjects with more buttons to do stuff like open reports, run queries Ect.. Ive ended up with a mess of these "switchboard" forms and all of this me!close and Visible=false stuff to manage them and my users are rightfully confused if menus just dissappear without the classic IE "Back" Button.. so i would like to migrate to a tabbed control on my main "switchboard" and move all the sub switchboard controls to their corresponding tabs. I cant seem to move buttons even from the same form that has the tab control, to the tab control without having to cut and paste then re-establish the code. I am currently stuck using 2000, but normally use 2003 or 2007 i notice the same on all three versions,, 1.) should it be possible to drag the control from one part of a form onto the tab control. 2.) is there a way to copy or import a control from a different form to the tab control and bring its associated code also (without doing it all seperately) 3.) (not important) but why does the same issue happen if i add a control to the detail of a report Via the "Field List" the label can not be moved to the header without deleting and pasting it there. Thanks for any help Barry . |
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