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Creating a Switchboard In Microsoft Access 2010

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Access 2010 Tutorial Creating a Switchboard

Creating a Switchboard This tutorial assumes the Microsoft Access 2010 Tutorial has been completed to create the Basic Sales System Database Objective: to create a switchboard to display forms and reports

A switchboard is a form The switchboard above has a button which will open the customer form, open the customer phone list report and exit from the basic sales system application. Steps Create a blank form Add a label for the heading Add buttons for the operations required Use the Command Button Wizard to provide the logic for the button.

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Access 2010 Tutorial Creating a Switchboard

Add a button to access a Form Choose Form Operations from the Categories Choose Open Form from the Actions

Choose open the form and show all the records option

Give the button an icon and name

Select the form to be opened

Name the button control

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Add a button to access a Report The operations are similar to adding a form

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Other useful buttons Quit Application

Use the property sheet to change the appearance of a button. Buttons can be resized More than one switchboard can be constructed so that a menu and sub menus can be designed

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Final Results Design View

Result in Form View

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