The buttons created by the button wizard have a limited set of functionality. Additional capabilities can be achieved by exploring the On Click event property in the property sheet. In this movie, Adam goes through the process of adding additional actions to the main menu buttons to produce a cleaner transition while navigating between forms.
- [Voiceover] We've got a good head start…on our Main Menus system here.…I'll double click on it to open that up…so you can see what that looks like.…And right now, we've got a button here…that'll open up our employee directory.…And then if we return to our Main Menu,…we've also got a button that will exit…the database if you click on it.…Now what I wanna do is actually…refine what these buttons are doing.…Right now, when I click on Employee Directory,…it opens the directory, but it does it in a different tab.…What I'd like to do is actually replace the Main Menu…tab here at the very beginning.…Then, I'd also like to provide a button on the Employee…Directory that'll return you to the Main Menu back here.…
We can do that by editing the macros…that are attached to the buttons.…Let's go into Design View and click on the button here.…And we'll see that we have the Event tab,…there's an On Click Event, the On Click Event right now…is an embedded macro and this is the macro that the wizard…created for us when we went through that process.…
Author
Adam Wilbert
Released
7/6/2016Then the course dives into reports: creating efficient and readable layouts, grouping data into categories, tying reports to queries, and using conditional formatting rules to highlight key takeaways from the data. Finally, Adam demonstrates how to link forms and reports and print your results, and introduces unique ways to save time filling out paperwork and generating form letters.
- Creating forms with the Form Wizard
- Formatting and aligning form objects
- Combining text boxes
- Adding a header and labels
- Controlling input
- Adding attachments and images
- Linking form controls
- Creating menus and data entry forms for the database
- Building reports
- Creating calculation fields
- Linking forms and reports
- Printing and exporting reports
- Creating a form letter
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m
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1. Introduction to Forms
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2. Form Design Basics: Creating an Employee Directory
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Organize the form design7m 29s
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Object alignment5m 1s
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Anchor controls3m 30s
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Modify form properties6m 4s
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Combine text boxes2m 42s
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Add a form header4m 47s
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3. Form and Report Controls
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Label control6m 22s
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Lines and rectangles6m 8s
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Button controls7m 23s
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Link to external content5m 38s
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Select data with a combo box9m 37s
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Attach external documents6m 23s
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Add images to a form5m 51s
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Embed a subform control5m 11s
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Display a chart6m 39s
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Link form controls6m 18s
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Edit the Tab Stop sequence4m 35s
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4. Getting Around the Database
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Create a main menu5m 48s
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Refine button macros4m 19s
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Create a data entry form7m 1s
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Finalize the customer form4m 58s
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5. Report Layout
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Build a report from a query3m 55s
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Create calculation fields4m 44s
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Add a report header5m 7s
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Segment data into groups5m 45s
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6. Linking Forms and Reports: Creating a Profit Summary
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Build the query4m 56s
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Create the report structure4m 49s
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Add data to the report8m 54s
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Connect the form6m 21s
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Connect the query2m 44s
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7. Printing and Exporting Reports
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8. Populating Business Documents
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Prepare the scanned template1m 36s
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Construct the I-9 report5m 36s
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Create a form letter5m 22s
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Conclusion
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Next steps59s
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