Switchboard Items not Appearing

[Mrs. Ellis]

Hey there, I have a switchboard I have been working on, and I'm having the
problem that items are no longer showing up on my main switchboard when I add
them through the Manager. I only have 3 items on my main switchboard, and
have tried to add 2. The missing items are listed in my Switchboard Items
table, and are not hidden behind the background picture. The other items on
the main page lead to 3 other pages (Ex. Main page button "Inventory" goes to
"inventory" switchboard page with three "open form" items.)I have even tried
closing out of Access and reopening to no avail. Thanks in advance for the
help.

 

[Jeff Conrad]

Could you list the individual records of the Switchboard Items
table here for us? We can then probably see what the problem is.
My guess would be that you are missing an entry to go to those
other places.

 

[Mrs. Ellis]

Jeff, here are the items as posted in my table- note that "New switchboard
page" Is one I just put in the Manager to see if it would show up, it's not a
needed page. Also, some of the secondary pages have forms attached that I
have closed and not yet attached to a new form. What I'm mainly interested in
here is the Equipment pages, which do have valid forms.Thanks!

SwitchboardID ItemNumber ItemText Command Argument
1 0 Work Orders
1 1 Create Or Edit A Work Order 3 W/OLog
1 2 Back to Main Switchboard 1 2
2 0 Main Switchboard 0 Default
2 1 Work Orders 1 1
2 2 Preventative Maintenance 1 3
2 3 Inventory 1 4
3 0 Preventative Maintenance 0
3 1 Edit a PM 3 PM W/O Edit
3 2 View a Current PM Work Order 3 PMWorkOrder
3 3 Back to Main Switchboard 1 2
4 0 Inventory Operations 0
4 1 Back to Main Switchboard 1 2
5 0 Equipment Information 0
5 1 Find New Equipment ID 3 EquipFind
5 2 Back to Main Switchboard 1 2
6 0 New Switchboard Page 0

 

[Jeff Conrad]

(Holding envelope to head)
"Carnac believes that you are missing an important item."

You have succesfully created the Equipments Page (denoted
by records with number 5 for SwitchboardID field), however,
you forgot to add an entry on the Main Switchboard (IDs of 2)
to open that new menu.

1. Open the SBM wizard again.
2. Click Edit on the Main Switchboard
3. On the next screen click New
4. On the next form put "Equipment Information" in the text field.
Select "Go To Switchboard" from the Command field.
Select "Equipment Information" from the Switchboard field
5. Hit OK
6. Hit Close on the form showing.
7. Hit Close on the last form showing.

You should now have a new record in the table like so:

2 4 Equipment Information 1 5

Open the Switchboard form. The new menu option should be listed
on the main switchboard page.

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[Mrs. Ellis]

Oh wow. I'm really sorry to have taken your time with that one. I think I'm
officially fried. Thanks again!

 

[Jeff Conrad]

You're very welcome, glad to help.
And for the record, you will never, EVER waste my time
with an Access question!