Changing "next record" buttons at the footer

[webcrab]

Hi!
I made a form that is bound to a table which is been update by the data from the form.
As you know in order to update the data you have to use three buttons that are placed in the footer - the "play button" that is used to update the table with the new input, the "forward button" where you can view the next record and the same goes for a rewind button. I would like to change them to real buttons with text on them and to move them to the foem area instead of footer to make the form more usable.

If i already created the form and designed it how can i change them without using form wizard that creates a form from the begining?

thanx I need your advice!

 

[gemma-the-husky]

not quite

to save the record, all you need to do is move to a new record, or even just close the form. (or provide a save button and write code to do it explicitly)

if you are showing record selectors (the vertical bar at the left) you will see a black triangle. if you edit a record this changes to a pencil. clicking the pencil will also save the record.

i would say its better to educate your users, than try to modify the navigation buttons, as there is lots of functionality bound into those buttons

 

[DevastatioN]

I believe he wants to get rid of the navigation bar and use real buttons. When you create a button and use the wizard, you can go to "Record Navigation" and "Find FIrst", "Find Previous" etc. and then add the text to the button as you please.

TO "save" you can have a button with the code as:

DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSaveRecord.

But as gemma said, there's no reason to since whenever the user exits the form or moves to another record it is automatically saved.

 

[RuralGuy]

MVP Stephan Lebans put one together years ago that allows you to play at will.