Forms Within Forms

[CourteJester]

I have been looking on this site along with others and i have not seen anything on this. I don't know if it has been posted before or if it is even possible, but is there a way to open a seperate form within another form? Basically what i want is a main form and then have it open all the other forms within the main form window. Any thoughts, direction to where i can find information on how to do this would be very much appreciated.

Thank you
CourteJester

 

[ghudson]

Check the Access help files on how to create and use subforms. Bill was nice enough to add a subform wizard in the design view of the forms and reports.

A subform is a form that is inserted in another form. The primary form is called the main form (main form: A form that contains one or more subforms.), and the form within the form is called the subform. A form/subform combination is often referred to as a hierarchical form, a master/detail form, or a parent/child form.

 

[CourteJester]

i thought it had somehting to do with subforms, but i wasn't sure because that brings up a specific form, could i leave it unbound and have it open multiple forms (not at once)?

 

[ghudson]

Yes, you would need to use this command to switch which subform you want displayed...

SubForm.SourceObject = "YourSubFormNameHere"

 

[CourteJester]

thank you so much!!!