Switchboard creation

[belczyk]

I have 12 sections in my office and Im trying to setup a switchboard
with a page for each of the sections but im finding myself limited to
8.

How can I change this so i can use as many as neccesary?

Please email me (e-mail address removed)

 

[fredg]

I have 12 sections in my office and Im trying to setup a switchboard
with a page for each of the sections but im finding myself limited to
8.

How can I change this so i can use as many as neccesary?

Please email me (e-mail address removed)

One of the MVP's who replies to questions in these Access newsgroups
has written that the built-in Access Switchboard is a complicated
solution to an easy problem.

The Access built-in switchboard manager is limited to 8 buttons.
While you can increase the number of buttons, you will not be able to
modify the additional buttons using the switchboard manager.

A far better switchboard solution is to create your own switchboard,
using an unbound form with command buttons. If you use the Command
Button wizard when adding buttons, the wizard will write most of the
code for you. You can add as many buttons as you wish, wherever on the
form you wish, and have better control over it's function and
appearance. Maintenance will be much easier.

 

[KARL DEWEY]

Why not use two buttons listing a group of four sections each and then in the
next layer list the individual sections?

 

[Jeff Conrad [MSFT]]

See this page for specific options:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/switchboardfaq.html#eight

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Jeff Conrad - Access Junkie - MVP Alumni
SDET - XAS Services - Microsoft Corporation

Co-author - Microsoft Office Access 2007 Inside Out
Presenter - Microsoft Access 2007 Essentials
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