Hi Dirk!
Sorry I haven't been able to follow up on this the way we might both
have preferred, Jan. I've been kind of busy, and haven't had time for
newsgroup participation beyond a few quick answers. I've been hoping to
get enough ahead that I could give this more complicated question some
serious attention. Are you making progress with it? Are you stuck? Do
you have questions?
Please, no apologies are necessary, I realize you are very busy and I
appreciate your time
and help very much.
I have been working with various setups on the forms, and trying to format
in my mind how I want the process to unfold and reverse. I've gone through
various functions and evaluated the steps in the processes. Most all forms,
as you know from your copy of the MOW db, are very uniform in design, so
hopefully, this will benefit in that it should make it easier to set up a
standard method to apply the Breadcrumb Trail to the forms.
Yes, I am stuck, with how to structure the incremental steps with the proper
code, as you can imagine..being as code is not my strong suit. Actually, it
isn't even my weak suit. ;-) Another is how to establish the basic source
for the series of forms related for each set of functions. I know that a
table has been mentioned as one method. As for form application of the BT, I
have some suggestions, more like thoughts, being as I have never done
anything like this before. I'm still experimenting with various controls and
a few other methods with the forms. However, I'm sure you may have more
suitable ideas of what would work best on the forms with the lest impact. As
I said, I have done a mockup on a sample form of a series of labels in the
footer, each with a name for the related forms that would be opened in
relation to the form function. The BT only needs to apply to certain forms,
not all.
Ahmm...do I have questions? Have I ever not had?? ;-)) But, at least from
my perspective being a novice, things are still a bit too spread out at to
make much sense. Some questions may be moot, depending on what may
eventually be the most reasonable and efficient method used to make the
process work best. That seems to be the primary question for me at this
point. How best to implement the BT with the forms, to provide for the least
impact on the form itself, yet allow for a standard that can apply to all,
or at least most of the forms, and be easy and non-intrusive for the user.
Then, perhaps the other parts of the puzzle will become more clear, and a
method for constructing the incremental functions easier to determine. Or,
is my thinking on this in reverse (sometimes I'm not sure with Access <g>),
should the function be created first, then a method for implementation be
determined?
I do wish I had more to offer on this other than thoughts and questions,
but, not knowing the interactions of this sort of function leaves me with
little else at the moment. Just hope I'm being more informative than
confusing. <g>
Thank you for your time and help with this. I really appreciate it.
Jan
