switchboard Item limit?

[shez]

I know and have seen people replying to similar posts on the net by advising to use custom menus and that is what i used to do before i learnt that there was a switchboard implementation in access.

So I would like to know if anyone has successfully altered the limit access imposes (8) ? I find switchboard far easier to implement than custom menus hence why I would prefer if someone gave a how to or showed me tutorial on the net.

I have tried changing the const 8 to 9 but it gives an error, even tried adding one item using design view!

I dont understand why access has that limit! seems ridiculous.

 

[RuralGuy]

Maybe this is the link for which you've been searching.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

i use 17 (2 columns of 8 plus one extra for menu return)

you need to add extra buttons and labels on the form, and change the properties to handle appropriate button click events

(it looks like =handlebuttonclick(4) or whatever - change the number as required)

then check in the code to make sure the maxbuttons const is set to 17 or whatever.

i think thats it for the buttons, although i tweaked my switchboard to do other things as well

 

[Pat Hartman]

I also modify the Switchboard form and [Switchboard Items] table but once you do that, you are limited as to what you can do with the wizard so you'll need to learn how to update the [Switchboard Items] table directly to add/change items.