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Hi Donna,
Follow these steps to add more than 8 items to the
Switchboard Form. Make sure to do this on a backup copy.
1. You need to create additional command buttons and labels
to match the number of items you want. Easiest way to do
this is to highlight the last command button and label and
select Copy. Then Paste them onto your form to create
additional ones. Now make sure you change the name of the
NEW command button(s) to Option9, Option10, etc. Also
change the name of the NEW labels to OptionLabel9,
OptionLabel10, etc.
2. Now go to the properties area of each new command
button. In the click event, enter the following:
=HandleButtonClick(9), =HandleButtonClick(10), etc. to
match up with your selection. Do exactly the same thing
for the Click event of the labels (unless you turned those
off).
3. Now go to the code behind the Switchboard form. Scroll
down until you come to this line in the FillOptions Sub:
Const conNumButtons = 8
Change that number to 9, 10 or whatever you need.
4. Compile the code, save and close the form.
Now if you use the Switchboard Manager interface you are
still restricted to 8 items. To add more you have to add
the entries manually into the Switchboard Items Table.
Shouldn't be hard to do if you take a few minutes and see
how the records are entered. You can EDIT more than 8
entries from the Wizard, but cannot ADD more than 8.
FWIW, too many options may confuse and/or alienate your users.
Ten should be fine, just don't get *too* crazy.
You may also want to consider creating your own switchboard-type
form as well when you need more control and complexity. All
the experts create their own "switchboard-type" forms instead of
using the Switchboard Manager.
I have an Advanced Switchboard Manager add-in that will handle
more than 8, but I'm not quite ready to release version 2.0 yet.
In the meantime, the above steps should work fine for you.
Post back if you have problems.