Question of the day “Switchboard or customized main menu” !!

[NimBus87]

Hi All,

What would you like to have in your database application, a switchboard form which will have the forms and report you want to display, or would you customize a tab in the toolbar which will replace the Switchboard ?
And why ?

Thanks

 

[NimBus87]

For Me,, customized main menu, because it isn't supported by a table

 

[Galaxiom]

I am not a fan of menus or switchboards but perfer a Master form that opens on startup with buttons for the places a user would start working.

I add buttons to forms in logical locations as required to open other objects.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

With an unbound startup or switchboard, I get to run very plain code that does things like check and/or fix VBA references, look at user ID, establish a context - and THEN start looking at the underlying database. Which, for my current project, is also a back-end DB.

Doing that from a custom menu bar is trickier. Having code run under the startup form is easier to set up and it is something that starts right away.

 

[G37Sam]

This caught my attention in your post

does things like check and/or fix VBA references

I never thought of doing that and many times, do I end up facing problems when opening the DB from other PCs.. can you elaborate on how you would check?

 

[pitbull]

I prefer a switchboard, less problems and more comfortable in using.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

i do both

a lot of users are used to a switchboard type menu-driven system - i also add a menubar, for those who want to work that way.