Navigation button in subform

[fgaiga]

Hi,


I've got a form including a subform in datasheet view. I get rid of the defaulted scroll bars and navigation icons provided in the subform.


Now, I added my own buttons in the footer section to manage records in my subform ; by checking the forum, I understood that the items put in the footer or in the header section won't appear if I use the datasheet view.

Is there a way to use my own navigation buttons instead of the default ones ??


cheers.

Fab.

 

[Freak81]

Hi Fab,

I think you can just use the Detail view to add buttons or labels and assign actions to it. You can do this by right clicking on them and choosing 'Create Event' or something like that.

What programming you need to do the navigation, you can find on the forum here. Use a topic search to do it. I used it yesterday and solved the problem rather quickly.

Ciao,

Freak

 

[fgaiga]

No it doesn't work in the detail view either. I understand that it is not possible to add buttons in the detail section because I am using a datasheet view.

I think the issue is because I am using the datasheet view but I need that one in my context.

Fab.

 

[Freak81]

I think the issue is because I am using the datasheet view but I need that one in my context.

Maybe you can make a subform in datasheet view, and make buttons in your (main) form view?

 

[fgaiga]

Maybe you can make a subform in datasheet view, and make buttons in your (main) form view?

But the buttons in my main form are used to navigate through the main form items and not the details of each main form items.


Is there another solution ??

 

[ShaneMan]

Hey fgaiga,

I know everything has it's pro's and con's but maybe you consider using a continuous form instead of dataview. I think the look is a cleaner look but this would allow you to use the footer section for what you want to do as well as keep a "dataview" format.

Just a thought!

HTH,
Shane

 

[fgaiga]

Hey fgaiga,

I know everything has it's pro's and con's but maybe you consider using a continuous form instead of dataview. I think the look is a cleaner look but this would allow you to use the footer section for what you want to do as well as keep a "dataview" format.

Just a thought!

HTH,
Shane

I am not sure about the continuous form but maybe I can explain a little bit about the context of the datasheet view:

My main form is were you select the engineer, the week number and the contract nbr and in the subform is where you declare the working hours for the different days of the week. So in one glance you can see how many days an engineer has worked on a specific contract during a specific week.


Do you think the continuous form can help ?

 

[fgaiga]

I solve my problem, I used the "continuous form" as it was recommended by Shane.

Thanks a lot.

Fab.

 

[ShaneMan]

Hey Fab,

Glad you got it going and that I could lend a little bit of a hand.

Shane