Switchboard created with Switchboard Manager doesn't open

[AccessNeophyte]

Greetings All,

The Switchboard I created with the Switchboard Manager wouldn't open
when the dB is opened. So I went to Tools -> Database Utilities ->
Switchboard Manager, chose my switchboard (that already said
(Default)), and clicked the "Make Default" button.

The switchboard still does not open when the db is opened. In fact, it
doesn't even exist, as far as I can see. It doesn't show in the Forms
window, and when I went into Tools -> Startup -> Display Form/Page box
and looked for it, it wasn't there.

I created a Form I am using as a Switchboard for now. That Form shows
in the Tools -> Startup -> Display Form/Page box, so I can arrange for
it to open when the dB is opened.

Is there an advantage to using a Switchboard using the Manager?

Thanks,
Liz

 

[Jeff Conrad [MSFT]]

Hi Liz,

That's odd.

Did it get set to hidden by chance?
Was it deleted by accident?
Did you already have a form exist in your database called Switchboard before
running the wizard?

At any rate, try the steps I have outlined here for recreating the form and
see if that helps:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/switchboardfaq.html#newform

--
Jeff Conrad - Access Junkie - MVP Alumni
SDET - XAS Services - Microsoft Corporation

Co-author - Microsoft Office Access 2007 Inside Out
Presenter - Microsoft Access 2007 Essentials
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie.html
Access 2007 Info: http://www.AccessJunkie.com

 

[AccessNeophyte]

Hi jeff,

It's wierd. I can see it listed in the Switchboard Manager window,
but I can't find it anywhere else. Not in the Forms window -
nowhere. Shall I delete the Switchboard called "Switchboard" that I
see in the Switchboard Manager window before I try the suggestion you
referred me to?

Thanks,
Liz

 

[Jeff Conrad [MSFT]]

Hi Liz,

I wouldn't delete anything first. Try renaming the Switchboard Items table by using the steps I've
outlined here:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/switchboardfaq.html#newform

--
Jeff Conrad - Access Junkie - MVP Alumni
SDET - XAS Services - Microsoft Corporation

Co-author - Microsoft Office Access 2007 Inside Out
Presenter - Microsoft Access 2007 Essentials
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie.html
Access 2007 Info: http://www.AccessJunkie.com