Increasing Switchboard Items

[Lynn Trapp]

It can be done, but not using the Switchboard Wizard. You need to do the
following steps.

1. Open the code window for the Switchboard form and change the line

"Const conNumButtons = 8" to
"Const conNumButtons = <The Number You Need>"

2. Add extra command buttons to the form and name both the button and it's
label after the pattern used for the other buttons and labels:

Buttons --> Option1, Option2, Option3, etc.
Labels --> OptionLabel1, OptionLabel2, OptionLabel3, etc.

3. Open the Switchboard Items Table and add the necessary commands to that
table. You should be able to figure out from looking at what is already
there what you will need to add to the table.

4. Set the Event Property for each button to read =HandleButtonClick(#)
Where # is replaced by the number of the button.


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Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
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"Son" <D.fiordelisi@att.net> wrote in message
news:516b01c34185$4da635a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> Does anyone know how to increase the number of items
> allowed in a switchboard to more than 8?
>

[jmonty]

Open the "Switchboard Items" table.
Add the record
where "ItemNumber"=9 and "ItemText" what you want the
label to say, and "Argument" is the name of the form
you wish to have it open. Save and close.
Open the "Switchboard" form in design view.
Right-click on one of the buttons and copy then paste it
onto the form. then right-click on this new button and
select "Properties". On the "All" tab, change the name to
"Option9" (exactly like that! - It will be looking for
that naming convention)
then do the same for the label on the right
but change its name to "OptionLabel9"
(again exactly like that).
Do the same for as many as you want,
but remember to rename each button and label using
the naming convention, otherwise you'll get errors.
Save and close the form.
When you open it, it should work.

>-----Original Message-----
>Does anyone know how to increase the number of items
>allowed in a switchboard to more than 8?
>
>.
>

[don]

Thaks Lynn.

>-----Original Message-----
>It can be done, but not using the Switchboard Wizard. You

need to do the

>following steps.
>
>1. Open the code window for the Switchboard form and

change the line

>
>"Const conNumButtons = 8" to
>"Const conNumButtons = <The Number You Need>"
>
>2. Add extra command buttons to the form and name both

the button and it's

>label after the pattern used for the other buttons and

labels:

>
>Buttons --> Option1, Option2, Option3, etc.
>Labels --> OptionLabel1, OptionLabel2, OptionLabel3, etc.
>
>3. Open the Switchboard Items Table and add the

necessary commands to that

>table. You should be able to figure out from looking at

what is already

>there what you will need to add to the table.
>
> 4. Set the Event Property for each button to read

=HandleButtonClick(#)

>Where # is replaced by the number of the button.
>
>
>--
>Lynn Trapp
>MS Access MVP
>[url]www.ltcomputerdesigns.com[/url]
>Access Security: [url]www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm[/url]
>
>
>
>"Son" <D.fiordelisi@att.net> wrote in message
>news:516b01c34185$4da635a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

>> Does anyone know how to increase the number of items
>> allowed in a switchboard to more than 8?
>>

>
>
>.
>