Editing multiple switchboards

[Theguyinthehat]

I just expanded my database to include multiple departments. Originally, it only contained one--to navigate between different depts, I created new switchboards. However, they all have the same title as the original department's switchboard and I can't access the new switchboards in forms to format/edit them. How do I do this?

 

[sdp_tws]

Try this, in visual basic for the switchboard form, edit the code to add two new lines, as shown in red here:

Private Sub Form_Current()
' Update the caption and fill in the list of options.

    Me.Caption = Nz(Me![ItemText], "")
[COLOR=Red]    Label1.Caption = Me.Caption
    Label2.Caption = Me.Caption
[/COLOR] 
    FillOptions
    
End Sub

 

[Theguyinthehat]

only the original switchboard appears in 'Forms'...there are no forms for the other departments, or the now-default "umbrella" switchboard

 

[Theguyinthehat]

My issue is best described as this. I have a switchboard with an accompanying form, which works very well. However, when I try to make a new switchboard, it does not create a new form. Therefore the format of that switchboard is exactly the same, and I want the switchboards to have different titles, something I can only change in Design View (which you can only access if the switchboard shows up in Forms)

 

[sdp_tws]

That's how switchboards work. It is only one form and access fills in the items in depending on which switchboard you want to display. The code I have given you should change the title of the switchboard on each different instance, but if you want to be able to change the actual design then consider using your own forms rather than the switchboard manager.