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Old April 7th, 2010, 01:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
glinch
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Default Any advice? Creating forms on the fly

Hi there, hopefully somebody will be able to offer me some words of advice.

I am creating a database for a firm that deals with property insurance
claims. Creating a databse of relevant contacts etc ... is not a problem.

The current system that the company uses is that of an excel spreadsheet,
where the details for each room are recorded and relatively simple
calculations are carried out on this.

The details needed for each room are the same (ie height, width, damage
floor etc ...), the variation being for each claim being how many rooms.

My intention is to move the system completely over to access, and avoid
attaching spreadsheets to records etc...

Ideally I would like to be able to creat a form where the user would select
the number of rooms (e.g 1 sittingroom, 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms) and the form
would then on the following stage request the relevant data eg

Sitting room:
height, width, etc..

bathroom1:
height, width, etc..

bathroom2:
height, width, etc..

bedroom1:
height, width, etc..

bedroom2:
height, width, etc..

bedroom3:
height, width, etc..


Is it possible to do this dynamically so to speak?

Would any one have any recommendations? Should I go down this route or stick
to the old system?
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Old April 7th, 2010, 02:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Al Campagna[_2_]
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Default Any advice? Creating forms on the fly

glinch,
Please don't post the same question separately to two newsgroups. What
responders
answer in one group is not seen by others in the other group/s, which can
get very confusing,
and waste responder's time.
It's no big deal... but should be avoided it in the future.
If you must to "multi-post", make sure you put the TO multiple
newsgroups on
the one post.
Ex. = (microsoft.public.access.forms ;
microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted)
That way, responses in Forms are also seen in GettingStarted.
Thanks,
--
hth
Al Campagna
Microsoft Access MVP 2007-2009
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html

"Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life."


"glinch" wrote in message
...
Hi there, hopefully somebody will be able to offer me some words of
advice.

I am creating a database for a firm that deals with property insurance
claims. Creating a databse of relevant contacts etc ... is not a problem.

The current system that the company uses is that of an excel spreadsheet,
where the details for each room are recorded and relatively simple
calculations are carried out on this.

The details needed for each room are the same (ie height, width, damage
floor etc ...), the variation being for each claim being how many rooms.

My intention is to move the system completely over to access, and avoid
attaching spreadsheets to records etc...

Ideally I would like to be able to creat a form where the user would
select
the number of rooms (e.g 1 sittingroom, 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms) and the
form
would then on the following stage request the relevant data eg

Sitting room:
height, width, etc..

bathroom1:
height, width, etc..

bathroom2:
height, width, etc..

bedroom1:
height, width, etc..

bedroom2:
height, width, etc..

bedroom3:
height, width, etc..


Is it possible to do this dynamically so to speak?

Would any one have any recommendations? Should I go down this route or
stick
to the old system?



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Old April 7th, 2010, 11:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
glinch
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Posts: 2
Default Any advice? Creating forms on the fly

Hi Al,

I was about to post this on to another forum, saw the rules before I posted
and realised it was a big no no!

Apologies, never realised, lesson learnt.

Thanks

Noel

"Al Campagna" wrote:

glinch,
Please don't post the same question separately to two newsgroups. What
responders
answer in one group is not seen by others in the other group/s, which can
get very confusing,
and waste responder's time.
It's no big deal... but should be avoided it in the future.
If you must to "multi-post", make sure you put the TO multiple
newsgroups on
the one post.
Ex. = (microsoft.public.access.forms ;
microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted)
That way, responses in Forms are also seen in GettingStarted.
Thanks,
--
hth
Al Campagna
Microsoft Access MVP 2007-2009
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html

"Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life."


"glinch" wrote in message
...
Hi there, hopefully somebody will be able to offer me some words of
advice.

I am creating a database for a firm that deals with property insurance
claims. Creating a databse of relevant contacts etc ... is not a problem.

The current system that the company uses is that of an excel spreadsheet,
where the details for each room are recorded and relatively simple
calculations are carried out on this.

The details needed for each room are the same (ie height, width, damage
floor etc ...), the variation being for each claim being how many rooms.

My intention is to move the system completely over to access, and avoid
attaching spreadsheets to records etc...

Ideally I would like to be able to creat a form where the user would
select
the number of rooms (e.g 1 sittingroom, 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms) and the
form
would then on the following stage request the relevant data eg

Sitting room:
height, width, etc..

bathroom1:
height, width, etc..

bathroom2:
height, width, etc..

bedroom1:
height, width, etc..

bedroom2:
height, width, etc..

bedroom3:
height, width, etc..


Is it possible to do this dynamically so to speak?

Would any one have any recommendations? Should I go down this route or
stick
to the old system?



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