Help With Switchboard and Startup

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ridgerunner

I am confused about when to use Switchboard and Startup. I thought a
switchboard would open a form when you opened the database but I could not
get that to work. I tried using startup and it worked. Could you please
explain the difference between the two?
 
To the best of my knowledge startup is where you set the conditions you want
when the database "startsUp". One of the conditions you can set in startup
is which form you want to open when the database "startsUp". I would guess
that in most cases the "switchboard" is the form you would want to open when
the database "startsUp".


Mike
 
Mike's got it pretty close.

The switchboard can almost be regarded as a wizard used to create a menu
system. It's a little limited in some of the things it can do 'out of the
box' but can be customisable with a little work. If you don't want to go
through the hassle of creating your menu system by hand, then the switcboard
is the way to go, it's also useful if you want to be able to get some sort of
menu system in place quickly so that you can test your application.

The Startup dialog is where you are able to set up various parameters for
the way your Access application loads at Startup. (Hence the name!) Here you
can specify which form the user will see when your database loads, if you use
the switchboard specify it here, otherwise specify the name of the form you
wis to see. It's also possible to set other options that help to give your
application a more professional feel, and also help to secure your
application.

The original post suggested that they were teo alternatives to the same
thing, whereas they are in fact two entirely different things, that are
linked.

HTH

Neil
www.nwarwick.co.uk
 
Thanks all. I think I have it straight now.

Neil said:
Mike's got it pretty close.

The switchboard can almost be regarded as a wizard used to create a menu
system. It's a little limited in some of the things it can do 'out of the
box' but can be customisable with a little work. If you don't want to go
through the hassle of creating your menu system by hand, then the
switcboard
is the way to go, it's also useful if you want to be able to get some sort
of
menu system in place quickly so that you can test your application.

The Startup dialog is where you are able to set up various parameters for
the way your Access application loads at Startup. (Hence the name!) Here
you
can specify which form the user will see when your database loads, if you
use
the switchboard specify it here, otherwise specify the name of the form
you
wis to see. It's also possible to set other options that help to give your
application a more professional feel, and also help to secure your
application.

The original post suggested that they were teo alternatives to the same
thing, whereas they are in fact two entirely different things, that are
linked.

HTH

Neil
www.nwarwick.co.uk
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