Switchboard Issues

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Robert Neville

Access does not allow me to automatically rebuild a switchboard after
having previously created a switchboard. I need to recreate my
switchboard since I accidentally deleted both the switchboard form and
table. Don't ask; I thought one could reinitialize the switchboard
code by deleting the old configuration file and inputting the new
items. Access proved me wrong again.

The switchboard manager only produced a new switchboard table. The
switchboard manager allows me to manage my complex switchboard scheme,
which comprise of multiple switchboards. Let me know how I should
approach this situation.
 
I've always considered the Switchboard Manager to be a complex solution to a
simple problem and questions in the newsgroups tend to confirm my view that
it causes people more trouble than it saves.

I create switchboard Forms just by creating an unbound new Form in Design
View and adding Command Buttons, either to initiate a Feature/Function in my
application, or to open a secondary switchboard Form. You can create the
basic switchboard Form early on and add other Command Buttons or secondary
switchboard Forms; or you can wait until you have all / most of the
applications functionality implemented and implement the whole switchboard
functionality at the end of your implementation.

And, it is simple and clear, making it easy to maintain when I, as I
invariably do, have to go back and maintain it. Whatever you have already
done with Switchboard Manager, this approach should work for you now.

Someone else, OTOH, may be able to give you suggestions on continuing /
resuming with the Switchboard Manager -- I have only used it briefly, to do
a demo, so I can't be much help there.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
Robert Neville said:
Access does not allow me to automatically rebuild a switchboard after
having previously created a switchboard. I need to recreate my
switchboard since I accidentally deleted both the switchboard form and
table. Don't ask; I thought one could reinitialize the switchboard
code by deleting the old configuration file and inputting the new
items. Access proved me wrong again.

The switchboard manager only produced a new switchboard table. The
switchboard manager allows me to manage my complex switchboard scheme,
which comprise of multiple switchboards. Let me know how I should
approach this situation.
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HTH
EG Gregg MVP
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