Switchboard from hell - Access 2000

[Rampar]

I did some customizing on my switchboard (changing colors and adding
graphics) to make it more appealing. I tried to add another item, and it
told me that 8 was the limit. Fine. I deleted one item so that I could add
another switchboard. I have done this several times in the past, but it
will not open the new switchboard. The button just goes in and out and that
is it.

So, I decided to create a new switchboard and scrap the old one altogether.
Right....

It tells me I cannot delete the default switchboard.

I now want to start over and make a new switchboard that works. How do I
start fresh and scrap the old one??

TIA
Mel

[Stewart Allen]

There's no need to use the Switchboard Manager add-in that comes with
Access. This add-in creates a table to store all the values in which isn't
really required jus to open up a form. Just create an unbound form with
command buttons to open up your forms and reports. This way you can have
more than 8 buttons on the form and you can then arrange the buttons around
to your own liking.

Stewart
"Rampar" <ke*@keyimages.com> wrote in message
news:AkxRb.126162$Rc4.981194@attbi_s54...

I did some customizing on my switchboard (changing colors and adding
graphics) to make it more appealing. I tried to add another item, and it
told me that 8 was the limit. Fine. I deleted one item so that I could add another switchboard. I have done this several times in the past, but it
will not open the new switchboard. The button just goes in and out and that is it.

So, I decided to create a new switchboard and scrap the old one altogether. Right....

It tells me I cannot delete the default switchboard.

I now want to start over and make a new switchboard that works. How do I
start fresh and scrap the old one??

TIA
Mel

[Rampar]

Thanks. That will help, but how do I get rid of the old switchboard?

Kevin

"Stewart Allen" <sa****@ThisPartNotVailid.wave.co.nz> wrote in message
news:bv**********@news.wave.co.nz...

There's no need to use the Switchboard Manager add-in that comes with
Access. This add-in creates a table to store all the values in which isn't
really required jus to open up a form. Just create an unbound form with
command buttons to open up your forms and reports. This way you can have
more than 8 buttons on the form and you can then arrange the buttons around to your own liking.

Stewart
"Rampar" <ke*@keyimages.com> wrote in message
news:AkxRb.126162$Rc4.981194@attbi_s54...

I did some customizing on my switchboard (changing colors and adding
graphics) to make it more appealing. I tried to add another item, and it told me that 8 was the limit. Fine. I deleted one item so that I could

add

another switchboard. I have done this several times in the past, but it
will not open the new switchboard. The button just goes in and out and

that

is it.

So, I decided to create a new switchboard and scrap the old one

altogether.

Right....

It tells me I cannot delete the default switchboard.

I now want to start over and make a new switchboard that works. How do I start fresh and scrap the old one??

TIA
Mel

[Pieter Linden]

"Rampar" <ke*@keyimages.com> wrote in message news:<XFBRb.129938$sv6.689793@attbi_s52>...

Thanks. That will help, but how do I get rid of the old switchboard?

Kevin

Delete the form and the table it's getting the data from...

[Nigel tombs]

Real developers dont use Switch board. I would use the custom menus and
create a menubar.

To start agains you could create a new db and import all the objects except
the switchboard.

regs
Nigel

"Rampar" <ke*@keyimages.com> wrote in message
news:AkxRb.126162$Rc4.981194@attbi_s54...

I did some customizing on my switchboard (changing colors and adding
graphics) to make it more appealing. I tried to add another item, and it
told me that 8 was the limit. Fine. I deleted one item so that I could add another switchboard. I have done this several times in the past, but it
will not open the new switchboard. The button just goes in and out and that is it.

So, I decided to create a new switchboard and scrap the old one altogether. Right....

It tells me I cannot delete the default switchboard.

I now want to start over and make a new switchboard that works. How do I
start fresh and scrap the old one??

TIA
Mel