Using a subform within a subform

[Guest]

Access XP: I have a subform within a subform. The lower level subform shows a
vertical scroll bar for additional records, but the higher level subform will
not show the scrollbar.
All I can tell the user, on how to enter new records, is to click on the
navigation bar, arrow/asterisk for new record. This is cumbersome and not
intuitive, and I wonder if there are better solutions out there.

Thank you
Ron

 

[Guest]

When I have nested forms like that I typically don't use the navigation tool
bar at all and just add command buttons for navigatiing, adding, and deleting
records.

In your case it sounds like the subform is set to a default view of
continuous form and the higher level form is set to a default view of single
form. Try changing the higher level form default view to continuous and see
if that fixes your problem. You may decide, however, that all the scroll
bars get just as confusing and cumbersome.

Lesli

 

[Guest]

When you nest a subform within a subform the parent subform cannot be
continous: that seems to be the problem.

If you use command buttons, then the button repeats on evry row in the
subform, doesn't it?

 

[Guest]

Ahh, I learned something. I rarely use continuous forms so I didn't know you
couldn't make both continuous!

And yes, the command buttons would repeat. Which is probably why I don't us
continuous forms that often.

You could still use the command buttons on the higher level form since you
can't use a continuous form.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Lesli

 

[Guest]

You can choose to put the command button in the form footer or form header of
the continuous form. The command button won't be repeated