Can each Switchboard have a different layout?

[sea_minerals]

The database im working on has more than 1 switchboards at the moment.

The main switchboard
The 2nd one takes you to an option to select A to L and another M to Z
Selecting either takes you to another switchboard and you can select
to view a report on certain subjects that are between those letters
(theres a load, so it was easier to devide them up).

Is it possible to have the switchboards designed differently?

Mainly just moving the 'buttons' that you press on the switch board to
a different place but i dont want it to affect the other switchboards.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Guest]

Is it possible to have the switchboards designed differently?

Yes.

But - - It may be an idea to have another look at your main switchboard and
see if you (the developer) can redesign it to make it more user functional.
e.g.

The 2nd one takes you to an option to select A to L and another M to Z

Why not have these 2 options hidden until a user clicks an option group.
Please select a group (Button case 1) A - L (Button case 2) M - Z
The OnLoad of the form would have both groups hidden until a group (button)
is selected, etc, etc.

Users only see the end result so if you spend some time thinking about this
(the end result - in this case the ability to select from anumber of options)
you can have a very unclutered switchboard with loads of functionality that
is only shown when needed.

I look after quite a few DB's and there is only one switchboard on each.
This said there may be cases when the swtichboard takes a user to another
form to make another selection, but this is function specific and not a
general switching form that basically gives a user the abiltity to use all
the DB's user actions.


Good luck