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Old February 15th, 2006, 08:15 PM
ghadley_00@yahoo.com
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Default MS Access Switchboard With Dynamic Labels

Hi,

Is there a way to have the labels in a MS access database switchboard
dynamically generated based on values in a table? I have a table of
items (let's call it table Main) , each of which is assigned to a
category. The list of categories is stored in a separate linked table
(let's call it Categories). The Categories table consists of entries
that have an ID number and a name.

I have made queries of the Main table where I make the search criteria
the ID number for the category of interest.

I then made a report for each of these queries.

I would like to make a switchboard that has links to the reports I have
made (one for each category, which is a fixed number), but I would like
the text labels for each of the options to be the description listed
for each entry in the Categories table.

In essence, is it possible to create a switchboard which can
dynamically generate its text labels based on fields in a table?

Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes,

George Hadley
ghadley_00@yahoo.com


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Old February 15th, 2006, 08:15 PM
Larry Linson
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Default Re: MS Access Switchboard With Dynamic Labels

Most anything is possible, with some well-thought-out design and some
experience using Access' VBA code. I wouldn't start out trying to modify a
Switchboard created with the Switchboard Manager, however. But you can
certainly create Switchboards that are based on Tables, and other factors.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

<ghadley_00@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1140036297.323670.79690@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to have the labels in a MS access database switchboard
> dynamically generated based on values in a table? I have a table of
> items (let's call it table Main) , each of which is assigned to a
> category. The list of categories is stored in a separate linked table
> (let's call it Categories). The Categories table consists of entries
> that have an ID number and a name.
>
> I have made queries of the Main table where I make the search criteria
> the ID number for the category of interest.
>
> I then made a report for each of these queries.
>
> I would like to make a switchboard that has links to the reports I have
> made (one for each category, which is a fixed number), but I would like
> the text labels for each of the options to be the description listed
> for each entry in the Categories table.
>
> In essence, is it possible to create a switchboard which can
> dynamically generate its text labels based on fields in a table?
>
> Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> George Hadley
> ghadley_00@yahoo.com
>[/color]


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Old February 15th, 2006, 10:15 PM
Br@dley
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Default Re: MS Access Switchboard With Dynamic Labels

Does't one of the sample databases in Access contain this functionality??

Larry Linson wrote:[color=blue]
> Most anything is possible, with some well-thought-out design and some
> experience using Access' VBA code. I wouldn't start out trying to
> modify a Switchboard created with the Switchboard Manager, however.
> But you can certainly create Switchboards that are based on Tables,
> and other factors.
> Larry Linson
> Microsoft Access MVP
>
> <ghadley_00@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1140036297.323670.79690@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to have the labels in a MS access database switchboard
>> dynamically generated based on values in a table? I have a table of
>> items (let's call it table Main) , each of which is assigned to a
>> category. The list of categories is stored in a separate linked table
>> (let's call it Categories). The Categories table consists of entries
>> that have an ID number and a name.
>>
>> I have made queries of the Main table where I make the search
>> criteria the ID number for the category of interest.
>>
>> I then made a report for each of these queries.
>>
>> I would like to make a switchboard that has links to the reports I
>> have made (one for each category, which is a fixed number), but I
>> would like the text labels for each of the options to be the
>> description listed for each entry in the Categories table.
>>
>> In essence, is it possible to create a switchboard which can
>> dynamically generate its text labels based on fields in a table?
>>
>> Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> George Hadley
>> ghadley_00@yahoo.com[/color][/color]

--
regards,

Br@dley


 

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