Switchboard does not open when the dbase is opened

B

Barb

I have set the form switchboard as the default and also
have other switchboards that are accessed by clicking on
named buttons. The issue is that when I open this
database, the switchboard does not open, it opens to the
database window.

I've looked at the open code and it appears to be correct
(see below):

Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
' Minimize the database window and initialize the form.

' Move to the switchboard page that is marked as the
default.
Me.Filter = "[ItemNumber] = 0 AND [Argument]
= 'Default' "
Me.FilterOn = True

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
' Update the caption and fill in the list of options.

Me.Caption = Nz(Me![ItemText], "")
FillOptions

End Sub

Private Sub FillOptions()
' Fill in the options for this switchboard page.

' The number of buttons on the form.
Const conNumButtons = 8

Dim con As Object
Dim rs As Object
Dim stSql As String
Dim intOption As Integer

' Set the focus to the first button on the form,
' and then hide all of the buttons on the form
' but the first. You can't hide the field with the
focus.
Me![Option1].SetFocus
For intOption = 2 To conNumButtons
Me("Option" & intOption).Visible = False
Me("OptionLabel" & intOption).Visible = False
Next intOption

' Open the table of Switchboard Items, and find
' the first item for this Switchboard Page.
Set con = Application.CurrentProject.Connection
stSql = "SELECT * FROM [Switchboard Items]"
stSql = stSql & " WHERE [ItemNumber] > 0 AND
[SwitchboardID]=" & Me![SwitchboardID]
stSql = stSql & " ORDER BY [ItemNumber];"
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.Open stSql, con, 1 ' 1 = adOpenKeyset

' If there are no options for this Switchboard Page,
' display a message. Otherwise, fill the page with
the items.
If (rs.EOF) Then
Me![OptionLabel1].Caption = "There are no items
for this switchboard page"
Else
While (Not (rs.EOF))
Me("Option" & rs![ItemNumber]).Visible = True
Me("OptionLabel" & rs![ItemNumber]).Visible =
True
Me("OptionLabel" & rs![ItemNumber]).Caption =
rs![ItemText]
rs.MoveNext
Wend
End If

' Close the recordset and the database.
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing

End Sub

Private Function HandleButtonClick(intBtn As Integer)
' This function is called when a button is clicked.
' intBtn indicates which button was clicked.

' Constants for the commands that can be executed.
Const conCmdGotoSwitchboard = 1
Const conCmdOpenFormAdd = 2
Const conCmdOpenFormBrowse = 3
Const conCmdOpenReport = 4
Const conCmdCustomizeSwitchboard = 5
Const conCmdExitApplication = 6
Const conCmdRunMacro = 7
Const conCmdRunCode = 8
Const conCmdOpenPage = 9

' An error that is special cased.
Const conErrDoCmdCancelled = 2501

Dim con As Object
Dim rs As Object
Dim stSql As String

On Error GoTo HandleButtonClick_Err

' Find the item in the Switchboard Items table
' that corresponds to the button that was clicked.
Set con = Application.CurrentProject.Connection
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
stSql = "SELECT * FROM [Switchboard Items] "
stSql = stSql & "WHERE [SwitchboardID]=" & Me!
[SwitchboardID] & " AND [ItemNumber]=" & intBtn
rs.Open stSql, con, 1 ' 1 = adOpenKeyset

' If no item matches, report the error and exit the
function.
If (rs.EOF) Then
MsgBox "There was an error reading the Switchboard
Items table."
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing
Exit Function
End If

Select Case rs![Command]

' Go to another switchboard.
Case conCmdGotoSwitchboard
Me.Filter = "[ItemNumber] = 0 AND
[SwitchboardID]=" & rs![Argument]

' Open a form in Add mode.
Case conCmdOpenFormAdd
DoCmd.OpenForm rs![Argument], , , , acAdd

' Open a form.
Case conCmdOpenFormBrowse
DoCmd.OpenForm rs![Argument]

' Open a report.
Case conCmdOpenReport
DoCmd.OpenReport rs![Argument], acPreview

' Customize the Switchboard.
Case conCmdCustomizeSwitchboard
' Handle the case where the Switchboard Manager
' is not installed (e.g. Minimal Install).
On Error Resume Next
Application.Run "ACWZMAIN.sbm_Entry"
If (Err <> 0) Then MsgBox "Command not
available."
On Error GoTo 0
' Update the form.
Me.Filter = "[ItemNumber] = 0 AND [Argument]
= 'Default' "
Me.Caption = Nz(Me![ItemText], "")
FillOptions

' Exit the application.
Case conCmdExitApplication
CloseCurrentDatabase

' Run a macro.
Case conCmdRunMacro
DoCmd.RunMacro rs![Argument]

' Run code.
Case conCmdRunCode
Application.Run rs![Argument]

' Open a Data Access Page
Case conCmdOpenPage
DoCmd.OpenDataAccessPage rs![Argument]

' Any other command is unrecognized.
Case Else
MsgBox "Unknown option."

End Select

' Close the recordset and the database.
rs.Close

HandleButtonClick_Exit:
On Error Resume Next
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing
Exit Function

HandleButtonClick_Err:
' If the action was cancelled by the user for
' some reason, don't display an error message.
' Instead, resume on the next line.
If (Err = conErrDoCmdCancelled) Then
Resume Next
Else
MsgBox "There was an error executing the
command.", vbCritical
Resume HandleButtonClick_Exit
End If

End Function

Private Sub back_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_back_Click


DoCmd.GoToRecord , , acPrevious

Exit_back_Click:
Exit Sub

Err_back_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_back_Click

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)

End Sub


Does anyone know why this would be happing?

Barb
 
E

estewart

You need to open the database in design then go to Tools,
then startup. Here you can specify what you want to come
up when the database is opened.

-----Original Message-----
I have set the form switchboard as the default and also
have other switchboards that are accessed by clicking on
named buttons. The issue is that when I open this
database, the switchboard does not open, it opens to the
database window.

I've looked at the open code and it appears to be correct
(see below):

Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
' Minimize the database window and initialize the form.

' Move to the switchboard page that is marked as the
default.
Me.Filter = "[ItemNumber] = 0 AND [Argument]
= 'Default' "
Me.FilterOn = True

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
' Update the caption and fill in the list of options.

Me.Caption = Nz(Me![ItemText], "")
FillOptions

End Sub

Private Sub FillOptions()
' Fill in the options for this switchboard page.

' The number of buttons on the form.
Const conNumButtons = 8

Dim con As Object
Dim rs As Object
Dim stSql As String
Dim intOption As Integer

' Set the focus to the first button on the form,
' and then hide all of the buttons on the form
' but the first. You can't hide the field with the
focus.
Me![Option1].SetFocus
For intOption = 2 To conNumButtons
Me("Option" & intOption).Visible = False
Me("OptionLabel" & intOption).Visible = False
Next intOption

' Open the table of Switchboard Items, and find
' the first item for this Switchboard Page.
Set con = Application.CurrentProject.Connection
stSql = "SELECT * FROM [Switchboard Items]"
stSql = stSql & " WHERE [ItemNumber] > 0 AND
[SwitchboardID]=" & Me![SwitchboardID]
stSql = stSql & " ORDER BY [ItemNumber];"
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.Open stSql, con, 1 ' 1 = adOpenKeyset

' If there are no options for this Switchboard Page,
' display a message. Otherwise, fill the page with
the items.
If (rs.EOF) Then
Me![OptionLabel1].Caption = "There are no items
for this switchboard page"
Else
While (Not (rs.EOF))
Me("Option" & rs![ItemNumber]).Visible = True
Me("OptionLabel" & rs![ItemNumber]).Visible =
True
Me("OptionLabel" & rs![ItemNumber]).Caption =
rs![ItemText]
rs.MoveNext
Wend
End If

' Close the recordset and the database.
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing

End Sub

Private Function HandleButtonClick(intBtn As Integer)
' This function is called when a button is clicked.
' intBtn indicates which button was clicked.

' Constants for the commands that can be executed.
Const conCmdGotoSwitchboard = 1
Const conCmdOpenFormAdd = 2
Const conCmdOpenFormBrowse = 3
Const conCmdOpenReport = 4
Const conCmdCustomizeSwitchboard = 5
Const conCmdExitApplication = 6
Const conCmdRunMacro = 7
Const conCmdRunCode = 8
Const conCmdOpenPage = 9

' An error that is special cased.
Const conErrDoCmdCancelled = 2501

Dim con As Object
Dim rs As Object
Dim stSql As String

On Error GoTo HandleButtonClick_Err

' Find the item in the Switchboard Items table
' that corresponds to the button that was clicked.
Set con = Application.CurrentProject.Connection
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
stSql = "SELECT * FROM [Switchboard Items] "
stSql = stSql & "WHERE [SwitchboardID]=" & Me!
[SwitchboardID] & " AND [ItemNumber]=" & intBtn
rs.Open stSql, con, 1 ' 1 = adOpenKeyset

' If no item matches, report the error and exit the
function.
If (rs.EOF) Then
MsgBox "There was an error reading the Switchboard
Items table."
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing
Exit Function
End If

Select Case rs![Command]

' Go to another switchboard.
Case conCmdGotoSwitchboard
Me.Filter = "[ItemNumber] = 0 AND
[SwitchboardID]=" & rs![Argument]

' Open a form in Add mode.
Case conCmdOpenFormAdd
DoCmd.OpenForm rs![Argument], , , , acAdd

' Open a form.
Case conCmdOpenFormBrowse
DoCmd.OpenForm rs![Argument]

' Open a report.
Case conCmdOpenReport
DoCmd.OpenReport rs![Argument], acPreview

' Customize the Switchboard.
Case conCmdCustomizeSwitchboard
' Handle the case where the Switchboard Manager
' is not installed (e.g. Minimal Install).
On Error Resume Next
Application.Run "ACWZMAIN.sbm_Entry"
If (Err <> 0) Then MsgBox "Command not
available."
On Error GoTo 0
' Update the form.
Me.Filter = "[ItemNumber] = 0 AND [Argument]
= 'Default' "
Me.Caption = Nz(Me![ItemText], "")
FillOptions

' Exit the application.
Case conCmdExitApplication
CloseCurrentDatabase

' Run a macro.
Case conCmdRunMacro
DoCmd.RunMacro rs![Argument]

' Run code.
Case conCmdRunCode
Application.Run rs![Argument]

' Open a Data Access Page
Case conCmdOpenPage
DoCmd.OpenDataAccessPage rs![Argument]

' Any other command is unrecognized.
Case Else
MsgBox "Unknown option."

End Select

' Close the recordset and the database.
rs.Close

HandleButtonClick_Exit:
On Error Resume Next
Set rs = Nothing
Set con = Nothing
Exit Function

HandleButtonClick_Err:
' If the action was cancelled by the user for
' some reason, don't display an error message.
' Instead, resume on the next line.
If (Err = conErrDoCmdCancelled) Then
Resume Next
Else
MsgBox "There was an error executing the
command.", vbCritical
Resume HandleButtonClick_Exit
End If

End Function

Private Sub back_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_back_Click


DoCmd.GoToRecord , , acPrevious

Exit_back_Click:
Exit Sub

Err_back_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_back_Click

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)

End Sub


Does anyone know why this would be happing?

Barb
.
 
F

fredg

I have set the form switchboard as the default and also
have other switchboards that are accessed by clicking on
named buttons. The issue is that when I open this
database, the switchboard does not open, it opens to the
database window.

I've looked at the open code and it appears to be correct
(see below):
** snipped **

Does anyone know why this would be happing?

Barb
You set the opening form in the
Tools + StartUp
Enter the Switchboard form's name in the
Display Form/Page drop-down box.
 

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